Autism 2014 EBP Report

Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Connie Wong, Samuel L. Odom, Kara Hume, Ann W. Cox, Angel Fettig, Suzanne Kucharczyk, Matthew E. Brock, Joshua B. Plavnick, Veronica P. Fleury, and Tia R. Schultz
Autism Evidence-Based Practice Review Group Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder 2014 by Samuel L. Odom Graphic design: Gina Harrison, FPG Publications Oce Suggested citation: Wong, C., Odom, S. L., Hume, K. Cox, A. W., Fettig, A., Kucharczyk, S., Schultz, T. R. (2013). Evidence-based practices for children, youth, and young ddults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Autism Evidence-Based Practice Review Group. This report is available online at http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/sites/autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/les/2014-EBP-Report.pdf Project support was provided by the United States Department of Education, the Oce of Special Education Programs (Project No. H325G070004, National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders) and the Institute of Education Science (Project No. R324B090005, Post-doctoral Training Program on Special Education Research). Findings and conclusions of this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reect the policies of either of these funding sources.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Chapter 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter 3 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Chapter 4 Discussion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Acknowledgements
This report was a group effort, supported by several funding streams and also the volunteer efforts of many individuals. First, support for this project was provided by two ofces within the United States Department of Education, the Ofce of Special Education Programs (Project No. H325G070004, National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders) and the Institute of Education Science (Project No. R324B090005, Post-doctoral Training Program on Special Education Research). The ndings and conclusions of this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reect the policies of either of these funding sources. The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the following individuals who provided assistance, feedback, and guidance during the process of the project: Grace Baranek, Angela Bardeen, Brian Boyd, Laura Hall, Rob Horner, Julia Shaw-Kokot, and Paul Yoder. The What Works Clearinghouse/Mathematica staff (Josh Furgeson, Jean Knab, and Stephen Lipscomb) provided training for a number of the members of our team, which assisted us in designing our methodological review criteria. Also, the following individuals at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provided technical support for the production of the manual: Jay Hargrove, Gina Harrison, Marie Huff, Katie Hume, Stephanie Ridley, Dave Shaw, John Sideris, and Cici Sidor. The many reviewers of the 1000+ articles evaluated in this project donated their time and intellectual energy, free of charge. They are:
Khaled Alkherainej Kristie Asaro-Saddler Erin E. Barton Kyle D. Bennett Nicolette Bainbridge Brigham Carol Burmeister Amy M. Casey Ching-I Chen Eric A Common Elizabeth Drame Jessica Dykstra Emine Erden Sheila Feldbaumer Nieves Flores
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Miriam Allen Jeannine Bagnall Gail I. Becker Natalie Berger Alicia Brophy Betsy Caporale Jeffrey Chan Jodi Cholewicki Marissa Congdon Sarah Dufek Farah El Zein Lori Ernsperger Summer J. Ferreri Susan D. Flynn
Sheryl Alvies Sara Baillie Constance C. Beecher Eileen M. Brann Sheila Bulmer Christina Carnahan Lynette Chandler Shelley Clarke Peter Doehring Richard Duggan David N. Ellis Cristan A. Farmer Carrie Fitzgerald Leslie Fox
Dawn W. Fraser Stephanie Gardner Kirstin Hall Caroline Harkins McCarty Shane Herriott Camilla Hileman Aleksandra Hollingshead Brooke Ingersoll Allison B. Jobin Debra Kamps Scott Kozlowski Catherine A. Kunsch Jesse Logue Sara Moore Mackiewicz Micah O. Mazurek Meaghan McCollow Kristine J. Melloy Debra Leach Kathleen Artman Meeker Scott Nipper Cynthia Pearl Sarah Reed Stephanie Reszka Rachel E. Robertson T. Rowand Robinson Jessie Sandoval Naomi A. Schoenfeld Maureen Short Candice Southall Amy D. Spriggs Paulo Tan Jennifer Toomey Shu-Fei Tsai Karen Umstead Kimberly Vannest Linn Wakeford Kelly Whalon Elizabeth Worcester Paul Yoder
Trisha Gallagher Laura M. Geraci Laura J. Hall Josh Harrower Michelle Hickman Jeffrey F. Hine Ning Hsu Rose Iovannone Irene Jones Eunjoo Kim Lefki Kourea Justin B. Leaf Mari MacFarland Laura M. Mann Rebecca McCathren Elizabeth L. W. McKenney Trube C. Miller Deanna Luscre Emily R. Monn Karen OConnor Sarah E. Pinkelman Christine E. Reeve Leila Ansari Ricci A. Helene Robinson Dawn Rowe Alicia Saunders Ilene Schwartz Jenzi Silverman Scott Spaulding Melissa Sreckovic Tran N. Templeton Dina A. Traniello Linda Tuchman-Ginsberg Stanley Urban Joel L. Vidovic Katherine M. Walton John J. Wheeler Patricia Wright Cheryl Young-Pelton
Jennifer E. Garcia Karen L. Gischlar Patricia K. Hampshire Michelle Hartley-McAndrew Rebecca Elder Hinshaw Susan Hoheisel Melissa E. Hudson Heather Jennett Melissa Jones-Bromenshenkel Anita Kliewer-Malakhim Delilah Krasch Rachel L. Loftin Wendy Machalicek Tamara Marder Jeanette McCollum Smita Shukla Mehta Michael J. Morrier Amy McFarlane John Neisworth Meira L. Orentlicher Naomi L. Rahn Debra Reinhartsen Sandra Hess Robbins Suzanne Robinson Cheri Sandford Crystalyn Schnorr Peggy Sepetys Katie Snyder Laurie Sperry Tricia Strickland Julie Thompson Carol M. Trivette Vanessa Tucker Potheini Vaiouli Allison Wainer Jenny Wells Sheri Wilkins Gulnoza Yakubova Jie Zhang
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Chapter 1 Introduction
INCE THE DISCOVERY OF AUTISM AS A HUMAN CONDITION by Kanner (1943) and Asperger
(1944) in the 1940s, individuals responsible for education and care of children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have striven to provide effective practices and programs. Such efforts continue today. The increased prevalence of ASD has intensied
the demand for effective educational and therapeutic services, and intervention science is now providing evidence about which practices are effective. The purpose of this report is to describe a process for the identication of evidence-based practices (EBPs) and also to delineate practices that have sufcient empirical support to be termed evidence-based. In this introduction, we will briey review the current conceptualization of ASD, explain the difference between focused intervention practices and comprehensive treatment models, provide a rationale for narrowing our review to the former, describe other reports that have identied evidence-based practices, briey describe our rst review of the literature (Odom, Collet-Klingenberg, Rogers, & Hatton, 2010), and lastly provide the rationale for conducting an updated review of the literature and revision of the former set of practices identied. In Chapter 2, we describe in detail the methodology followed in searching the literature, evaluating research studies, and identifying practices. In Chapter 3, the practices are described along with the type of outcomes individual practices generate and the age of children for whom the outcomes were found. In Chapter 4, we summarize the ndings, discuss their relationship to other reviews, compare the current review process to the previous process, identify limitations of this review, and propose implications of study results for practice and future research. In the Appendix, each practice is described and specic studies that provide empirical support for the practice are listed.
The increased prevalence of ASD has intensied the demand for eective educational and therapeutic services, and intervention science is now providing evidence about which practices are eective.
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic Criteria

The denition of autism has evolved over the years. Early on, Kanner (1943) noted that autism was characterized by failure to develop social relationships and a need for sameness. The characteristics, stated slightly differently, continue to dene the condition today. In the United States, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 1994, 2013) has provided the most well accepted diagnostic criteria, and as this report goes into print, the criteria have changed. In the fourth edition of the manual (DSM IV), Autistic Disorder was an established condition dened by social, language, and behavioral characteristics, but there were several other conditions that shared similar characteristics [i.e., Asperger syndrome, Retts syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Not Otherwise Specied (PDD-NOS)]. These diagnostic classications were grouped under a broader classication called Pervasive Developmental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). With the advent of DSM 5, there is only one diagnostic classication, termed Autism Spectrum Disorder. Similar to the earlier diagnostic classication, ASD is identied by two primary diagnostic markers: difculties in social communication and restricted or repetitive behaviors and interests. Examples of difculties in social communication include challenges in social reciprocity, nonverbal social behaviors, and establishment of social relationships. Restrictive and repetitive behaviors include stereotypic behavior or speech, excessive adherence to routines, and highly xated interests. Rather than specify severity of ASD, the DSM 5 has the option of describing the level of support an individual would need. In addition, in the DSM 5, co-occurring conditions, such as intellectual disability or attention decit hyperactive disorder, may also be diagnosed when a diagnosis of ASD is made. In the DSM IV, this overlap was not allowed. Because our literature review spans several decades and several editions of the DSM, we have included studies whose participants are identied as having autism, autistic disorder, ASD, Asperger syndrome, or PDD-NOS. In addition, we have included studies in which participants may also have had co-occurring conditions such as intellectual disability, speech/language impairment, seizure disorder, sensory impairment, and attention decit hyperactivity disorder.
Demographic Information
The prevalence of ASD, as noted, has increased markedly over the past two decades, rising from 2 per 10,000 in 1990 to between 1 in 50 and 1 in 88 children (Blumberg, et al., 2013; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012) according to the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ASD is diagnosed about three times more frequently in boys than in girls. Intellectual disability was once thought to be a condition that typically accompanied ASD;
however, current estimates are that 35% of individuals with ASD score above the IQ cutoff (i.e., around 70 depending on the test) for intellectual disability (Dykens & Lense, 2011).
Intervention Approaches
Two broad classes of interventions appear in the research literature (Smith, 2013), and we have identied them as comprehensive treatment models and focused intervention practices. Although the current review concentrated on the latter class of interventions, it is important to describe both in order to distinguish the two.
Comprehensive Treatment Models
Comprehensive treatment models (CTMs) consist of a set of practices designed to achieve a broad learning or developmental impact on the core decits of ASD. In their reivew of education programs for children with autism, the National Academy of Science Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism (National Research Council, 2001) identied 10 CTMs. Examples included the UCLA Young Autism Program by Lovaas and colleagues (Smith, Groen, & Winn, 2000), the TEACCH program developed by Schopler and colleagues (Marcus, Schopler, & Lord, 2000), the LEAP model (Strain & Hoyson, 2000), and the Denver model designed by Rogers and colleagues (Rogers, Hall, Osaki, Reaven, & Herbison, 2000). In a follow-up to the National Academy review, Odom, Boyd, Hall, and Hume (2010) identied 30 CTM programs operating within the U.S. These programs were characterized by organization (i.e., around a conceptual framework), operationalization (i.e., procedures manualized), intensity (i.e., substantial number of hours per week), longevity (i.e., occur across one or more years), and breadth of outcome focus (i.e., multiple outcomes such as communication, behavior, social competence targeted) (Odom, Boyd, Hall, & Hume, in press).
Focused Intervention Practices
In contrast, focused intervention practices are designed to address a single skill or goal of a student with ASD (Odom et al., 2010). These practices are operationally dened, address specic learner outcomes, and tend to occur over a shorter time period than CTMs (i.e., until the individual goal is achieved). Examples include discrete trial teaching, pivotal response training, prompting, and video modeling. Focused intervention practices could be considered the building blocks of educational programs for children and youth with ASD, and they are highly salient features of the CTMs just described. For example, peer-mediated instruction and intervention (Sperry, Neitzel, & EngelhardtWells, 2010), is a key feature of the LEAP model (Strain & Bovey, 2011). The purpose of the current review is to identify focused intervention practices that have evidence of effectiveness in promoting positive outcomes for learners with ASD. Focused
intervention practices that meet the evidence criteria specied in the next chapter are designated as evidence-based practices (EBP). Teachers and other service providers may select these practices when designing an individualized education or intervention program because of the evidence that they produce outcomes similar to the goals established for children and youth with ASD. Odom, Hume, Boyd, and Stabel (2012) described this as a technical eclectic approach and the National Professional Development Center on ASD has designed a process through which these practices could be systematically employed in early intervention and school-based programs (Cox et al., 2013).
Previous Literature Reviews of EBPs for Children and Youth with ASD
The historical roots of EBP for students with ASD are within the evidence-based medicine movement that emerged from England in the 1960s and the formation of the Cochrane Collaboration to host reviews of the literature about scientically supported practices in medicine (http://www. cochrane.org/). The subsequent adoption of the evidence-based conceptual approach in the social sciences is exemplied in the work of the Campbell Collaboration (http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/) and currently the What Works Clearinghouse (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/). In the 1990s, the American Psychological Association Division 12 established criteria for classifying an intervention practice as efcacious or probably efcacious, which provided a precedent for quantifying the amount and type of evidence needed for establishing practices as evidencebased (Chambless & Hollon, 1998; Chambless et al., 1996). Previous to the mid-2000s, the identication of EBPs for children and youth with ASD was accomplished through narrative reviews by sets of authors or organizations (e.g., Simpson, 2005). Although these reviews were systematic and useful, they did not follow a stringent review process that incorporated clear criteria for including or excluding studies for the reviews or organizing the information into sets of practices. In addition, many traditional systematic review processes, such as the Cochrane Collaborative, have only included studies that employed a randomized experimental group design (also called randomized control trial or RCT) and have excluded single case design (SCD) studies. By excluding SCD studies, such reviews a) omit a vital experimental research methodology now being recognized as a valid scientic approach (Kratochwill et al., 2013) and b) eliminate the major body of research literature on interventions for children and youth with ASD. Two reviews have specically focused their work on interventions (also called treatments) for children and youth with ASD, included both group and SCD studies, followed a systematic process for evaluating evidence before including (or excluding) it in their review, and identied a specic set of interventions that have evidence of efcacy. These reviews were conducted by the National Standards Project (NSP) at the National Autism Center (2009) and the National Professional Development Center on ASD (NPDC).
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National Standards Project (NSP)
The NSP conducted a comprehensive review of the literature that included early experimental studies on interventions for children and youth with ASD and extended through September 2007 (National Autism Center, 2009). Their search, after excluding articles that did not meet their criteria, yielded a total of 775 studies. Using a standard evaluation process, NSP staff recruited and trained a national set of reviewers, who completed ratings of group and SCD studies. These ratings then generated a strength of evidence score, which the NSP staff used to determine which practices were evidence-based. They identied 11 practices as established treatments (see the top row of Table 1). In addition, they identied 22 practices as emerging treatments, meaning that there was some evidence but it was not strong enough to meet the established criteria. Also, they found ve practices for which researchers demonstrated, experimentally, that there were no effects, and no practices they would characterize as ineffective/harmful.
National Professional Development Center on ASD (NPDC)
The NPDC also conducted a review of the literature, although it only included articles published over the 10-year period from 1997 to 2007 (Odom, Collet-Klingenberg, et al., 2010). NPDC staff began with a computer search of the literature, rst using autism and related terms for the search and specifying outcomes. They then used the research design quality indicator criteria established by the CEC-Division for Research (Gersten et al., 2005; Horner et al., 2005) to evaluate articles for inclusion or exclusion from the review. This review yielded 175 articles. They content analyzed the intervention methodologies, created intervention categories, and sorted articles into those categories. Adapting criteria from the Chambless et al. (1996) group, they found that 24 focused intervention practices met the criteria for being evidence-based (see the left column of Table 1). For some practices that were developed in the 1980s, foundational articles from the earlier time period were included if they were routinely cited in the articles from the 10 year time period. To translate this scientic review into practice, NPDC investigators and staff developed online training modules, which can be accessed from the NPDC website (http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/content/autism-internet-modules-aim).
Similarities Between The Two Reviews
Although the NSP and NPDC reviews were conducted independently and their literature searches cover different time periods, their ndings are remarkably similar. The EBPs identied by each group appear in Table 1, with (as noted) the NSP established treatments in the top row and the NPDC EBPs in the rst column. Some of the NSP classication of established treatments included several of the focused interventions that NPDC had classied as evidence-based. For example, the NSP antecedent package included three focused interventions NPDC identied, and the NSP
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Table 1. Evidence-Based Practices from NPDC and NSP (Hume & Odom, 2011)
behavioral package incorporated seven NPDC EBPs. There were six NPDC focused intervention EBPs that did not appear in the NSP list of established treatments, but ve of the six had been identied by NSP as emerging practices. In all, the message was one of convergence across two independent data sources.
Rationale for Current NPDC Review

The NPDC staff undertook the current review to broaden and update the previous review. Many researchers have made recent contributions to the ASD intervention literature, so one purpose of the current review was to incorporate the intervention literature from the years subsequent to the initial review (i.e., 2007-2011). A second purpose was to expand the timeframe previous to the initial review, extending the coverage to 1990 to be consistent with other research synthesis organizations in going back approximately 20 years (e.g., What Works Clearinghouse, WWC). The third purpose was to create and utilize a broader and more rigorous review process than occurred in the previous review. In the current review, we recruited and trained a national set of reviewers to evaluate articles from the literature rather than relying exclusively on NPDC staff. Also, we developed a standard article evaluation process that incorporated criteria from several parallel reviews that have occurred (NSP; WWC). As such, the review that we present in the following chapters includes a new and expanded database of articles, a new evaluation process, and new or modied focused intervention categories.
Chapter 2 Method
N THIS CHAPTER, we describe the methodology utilized in this EBP review. An initial descrip-
tion of inclusion/exclusion criteria for studies is followed by a summary of the search process and articles accessed for the review. Reviewer training, the review process, and the process for documentary evidence-based practices conclude the chapter.
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria for Studies in the Review
Articles included in this review were published in peer-reviewed, English language journals between 1990 and 2011 and tested the efcacy of focused intervention practices. Using a conceptual framework followed by the Cochrane Collaborative [Participants, Interventions, Comparison, Outcomes, Study Design (PICO)], we list the study inclusion criteria in Table 2.
Population/Participants
To qualify for the review, participants in a study had to be between birth and 22 years of age and identied as having ASD: autism, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specied (PDD-NOS), or high-functioning autism (HFA). Individuals with ASD who also had co-occurring conditions were included in this review. These conditions could be intellectual disability, genetic syndrome (e.g., Fragile X, Down syndrome), seizure disorder, mental illness (e.g., anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder), attention decit/hyperactivity disorder x(ADHD), physical disability (e.g., cerebral palsy, orthopedic impairment), sensory impairment (e.g., hearing or visual impairment), or learning disability.
Table 2. Inclusion Criteria for Studies Population/ Individuals with ASD Participants between birth and 22 years of age Behavioral, developmental, or educational in nature and could be implemented in Interventions: typical educational intervention settings (school, home, community) Comparison Outcomes Interventions compared to no intervention or alternate intervention conditions Behavioral, developmental, or academic outcomes
Experimental group design, Study Design quasi-experimental group design, or single-case design
Interventions
To be included in this review, the focused intervention practices examined in a study had to be behavioral, developmental, and/or educational in nature. Studies in which the independent variables were only medications, alternative/complementary medicine (e.g., chelation, neurofeedback, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acupuncture), or nutritional supplements/special diets (e.g., melatonin, gluten-casein free, vitamins) were excluded from the review. In addition, only interventions that could be practically implemented in typical educational, home, or community settings were included. As such, intervention practices requiring highly specialized materials, equipment, or locations unlikely to be available in most educational, clinic, community, or home settings were also excluded (e.g., dolphin therapy, hyperbaric chambers).
Comparison
For inclusion in the review, the design of the study had to compare an experimental or treatment condition (i.e., in which the focused intervention practice was implemented) to at least one other condition in which the treatment was not implemented or an alternative intervention condition was implemented. All relevant features of the comparison condition had to be described to allow for a clear understanding of the differences between the conditions. If the control was business as usual instruction, the instructional or classroom environment had to be described.
Outcomes
Additionally, focused intervention practices had to generate behavioral, developmental, or academic outcomes (i.e., these were dependent variables in the studies). These outcome data could be discrete behaviors (e.g., social initiations, stereotypies) assessed observationally, ratings of behavior or student performance (e.g., the Social Responsiveness Scale), standardized assessments (e.g., nonverbal IQ tests, developmental assessments), and/or informal assessment of student academic performances (e.g., percentage of correct answers on an instructional task, time). Studies reporting both behavioral and health/medical outcomes for children were included, but studies only reporting physical health outcomes were excluded from the review. Studies reporting only mental health outcomes were included.
Study design
Finally, studies included in the review had to employ an experimental group design, quasiexperimental design, or SCD to test the efcacy of focused intervention practices. Adequate group designs included randomized controlled trials (RCT), quasi-experimental designs (QED), or regression discontinuity designs (RDD) that compared an experimental/treatment group receiving the intervention to at least one other control or comparison group that did not receive
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the intervention or received another intervention (Shadish, Cook, & Campbell, 2002). SCD studies had to employ within subjects (cases) designs that compared responding of an individual in one condition to the same individual during another condition. Acceptable SCDs for this review were withdrawal of treatment (e.g., ABAB), multiple baseline, multiple probe, alternating treatment, and changing criterion designs (Kratchowill et al., 2013).
Search Process
Research articles were obtained through an electronic library search of published studies. Before beginning the search, our research team and two university librarians from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed and rened the literature search plan. One librarian had special expertise in the health sciences literature and the second had expertise in the behavioral and social sciences literature. Library databases representing a range of disciplines were used in the literature search. These databases were: Academic Search Complete Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE) Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC) PsycINFO Social Work Abstracts MEDLINE Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Knowledge Sociological Abstracts Unlike our previous review, we designed search terms very broadly to increase the likelihood that we would identify all studies meeting the inclusion criteria. For a comprehensive search of the ASD intervention literature, search terms were limited to two categories: one category of terms to capture articles studying individuals with ASD (i.e., any of the terms in the diagnostic column of Table 3) and one category of terms to retrieve articles testing an intervention (i.e., any of the terms in the intervention column of Table 3). Terms were modied as necessary when searching the different databases. The only lters used were language (English) and publication date (19902011).
Table 3. Search Terms Category Diagnostic Qualifying Terms autism OR Asperger OR pervasive developmental disorder AND Intervention intervention OR treatment OR practice OR strategy OR therapy OR program OR procedure
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After eliminating duplicate articles retrieved from

Figure 1. Screening progression and number of articles
the different databases, the initial broad search yielded 29,106 articles that related to ASD and intervention. The research team then conducted two rounds of screening to select articles that t the study parameters (see Figure 2). The rst round of screening focused on titles. Since the search terms were broad, approximately 88 percent of the articles did not meet the study inclusion criteria. Articles excluded at this stage were primarily those that clearly stated in the title to be commentaries, letters to the editor, reviews, and biological or medical studies. The second round of screening was an examination of abstracts to determine if the article included participants with ASD under 22 years of age and used an experimental group design, quasi-experimental group design, or SCD. In both rounds of screening, articles were retained if the necessary information was not clearly presented in the titles and abstracts (i.e., if the reviewer could not tell from the title or abstract if the article was appropriate). This screening procedure resulted in 1,090 articles, 213 utilizing a group design and 877 using SCD methodology. All of these articles were retrieved and archived in PDF form for the next step in the review process.
Review Process
The review process consisted of establishing review criteria, recruiting reviewers, training reviewers, and conducting the review.
Review Criteria and Protocols
Protocols for reviewing group design and SCD studies were used to determine methodological acceptability (see Appendix 1), to describe the key features of the study (e.g., participants, type of design), and to describe the intervention procedures. The initial protocols drew from the methodological quality indicators developed by Gersten and colleagues (2005) for group design and Horner et al. (2005) for SCD, as well as the current review guidelines established by the WWC. Protocols went through two iterations of pilot testing within the research group and then
were reviewed by two national leaders in research methodology and intervention research, with expertise in SCD and group design, respectively. From this process the protocols were nalized and formatted for online use.
Recruiting Reviewers
To assist in reviewing the identied articles, external reviewers were recruited through professional organizations (e.g., Association for Behavior Analysis International, Council for Exceptional Children) and departments of education, psychology, health sciences, and related elds in higher-education institutions. To be accepted as a reviewer, individuals must have had some experience with or knowledge about ASD and have taken a course or training related to group design and/or SCD research methodology. The reviewers self-identied their methodological expertise and interests as group, SCD, or both.
Reviewer Training
For both design types, the research team developed training procedures for external reviewers that included an online training module describing the project and explaining each item on the review protocols. Additionally, examples and non-examples of each protocol item were presented in the training. The training modules also included instructions for coding descriptive features of articles that were determined as having acceptable experimental methodology. Reviewers coded participant information (diagnosis, co-occurring conditions, age), intervention information (name, description, and intervention category), and outcomes (variable name, description, and outcome category). Reviewers could also identify any concerns or issues encountered during the article review process. After completing the reviewer training, external reviewers were required to demonstrate that they could accurately apply reviewer criteria by evaluating one article of their assigned design type. The reviewers evaluation was then compared to a master code le established for the article and their accuracy was calculated. Accuracy was dened as the rater coding the same answer on an item as occurred in the master code le. Criterion for acceptable accuracy was set at 80%. In addition, reviewers were required to correctly determine whether the article met minimum criteria for review eligibility (see the section on inclusion/exclusion criteria). Reviewers had two opportunities to meet accuracy criteria. If reviewers met qualications and expressed interest in reviewing group design articles, they completed the group design training module and established inter-rater agreement with a group design study. If reviewers met qualications and expressed interest in reviewing SCD articles, they completed the SCD training module and established inter-rater agreement with only the SCD study. If reviewers met qualications and expressed interest in reviewing both types of design, they completed both training
Table 4. Reviewer Demographics
modules and had to establish inter-rater agreement with both types

n 100 39 20 n 65 94 n 9 11 3 28 5 97 3 3 n 68 14 46 31 n 109 76 103 117 84 Inter-rater Agreement
Reviewer Training/Certification
Degree level Masters degree or current graduate student Doctorate Degree area Applied Behavior Analysis Occupational Sciences School Psychology Special Education Other (music, neurology, social work) Education Psychology Single case design Group design Single case and group design
of articles. One hundred fty-nine reviewers completed the training and met inter-rater agreement criteria with the master code les. All reviewers had a doctoral degree, masters degree, or were enrolled in a graduate education program at the time of the review. Most reviewers received their degrees in the area of special education or psychology and were faculty (current or retired), researchers, or graduate students. The majority of reviewers had professional experience in a classroom, clinic, or home setting and conducted research related to individuals with ASD. In addition, approximately one-third of the reviewers (n=53) had Board Certied Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or Board Certied Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) certication. All reviewers received a certicate of participation in the EBP training and article review. Continuing education credits were available to certied BCBA/BCaBA reviewers. Information about reviewers appears in Table 4.
Speech/Language Current Position Faculty Researcher Experience with ASD* Teaching in classroom setting Providing intervention in clinical setting Providing intervention in home setting Conducting ASD research Teaching college level course on ASD Graduate student Practitioner/administrator
Research staff collected inter-rater agreement for 41% of the articles across all reviewers. The formula for inter-rater agreement was total agreements divided by agreements plus disagreements multiplied by 100%. Two levels of agreement were calculated: 1) agreement on individual items of the review protocol and 2) agreement on the summative evaluation of whether a study met or did not meet criteria for inclusion in the review. Mean inter-rater agreement on the individual study design evaluation criteria was 84% for group design articles
*Reviewers may have reported more than one type of experience with ASD
and 92% for SCD articles, generating a total mean agreement of 91%. Mean inter-rater agreement for summary decisions about article inclusion was 74% for group design articles and 77% for SCD articles, generating a total agreement of 76%.
Final Review Process

Each reviewer received between 5 and 12 articles. In total, they evaluated 1,090 articles. Articles that did not meet all the criteria in the group or SCD protocols were excluded from the database of articles providing evidence of a practice. As a nal check, members of the EBP evaluation team reviewed each article that had been identied as meeting criteria by reviewers as well as articles
that were agged by reviewers for further review by the evaluation team. Studies that did not meet criteria were then eliminated from the database.
Analysis and Grouping Literature
The review process resulted in 456 articles meeting inclusion criteria for study parameters. A process of content analysis (Krippendorff, 1980) was then followed using procedures established in the rst NPDC review (Odom, Collet-Klingenberg, et al., 2010). Because categories for practices were already created by the NPDC (e.g., reinforcement, discrete trial teaching, pivotal response training), these categories and established denitions were initially used to sort the articles. If a practice was not sorted into an existing category, it was placed in a general outlier pool. A second round of content analysis was then conducted to create new categories. Following a constant comparative method, a category and denition was created for a practice in the rst outlier study, the intervention practice in the second study was compared to the rst study and if it was not similar, a second practice category and denition was created. This process continued until studies were either sorted into the new categories or the study remained as an idiosyncratic practice. Seven articles were used to support two different practice categories because it either demonstrated efcacy of two different practices as compared to a control group or baseline phase or the article presented several studies showing efcacy for different practices. Finally, research staff reviewed all articles sorted into categories. For individual studies, they compared the practices reported in the method section with the denition of the practice into which the study had been sorted. When all articles were assembled into categories, a nal determination was then made about whether a practice met the level of evidence necessary to be classied as an EBP using criteria for evidence established by the NPDC. The NPDCs criteria were drawn from the work of Nathan and Gorman (2007), Rogers and Vismara (2008), Horner and colleagues (2005), and Gersten and colleagues (2005), as well as the earlier work by the APA Division 12 (Chambless & Hollon, 1998). It species that a practice is considered evidence-based if it was supported by: (a) two high quality experimental or quasi-experimental design studies conducted by two different research groups, or (b) ve high quality single case design studies conducted by three different research groups and involving a total of 20 participants across studies, or (c) there is a
Criteria for Qualication as an Evidence-Based Practice
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combination of research designs that must include at least one high quality experimental/quasiexperimental design, three high quality single case designs, and be conducted by more than one researcher or research group. These criteria are aligned with criteria proposed by other agencies and organizations (Chambless & Hollon, 1998; Kratochwill & Sheroff, 2002; Odom et al., 2004).
Chapter 3 Results
N THIS CHAPTER, we report the ndings from the evidence-based practices review. The
summary of these ndings includes information about the types of experimental designs employed in the studies, participants, the identied evidence-based practices, outcomes addressed by the EBPs, and practices that had some empirical support but did not meet the
criteria for this review.
Design Types
Of the 456 studies accepted as providing scientic evidences, 48 utilized a group design (see Figure 2). The majority (n=38) of group design studies were randomized controlled trials (i.e., experimental group designs), although authors also employed quasi-experimental designs in 10 studies. The majority of the efcacy research in this review was from SCD studies. Researchers employed SCD in 408 articles. Multiple baseline designs were used most frequently (n=183), although withdrawal of treatment (n=79) and multiple probe design (n=52) also were utilized in a substantial number of articles. In addition, researchers sometimes employed a combination of designs, such as a withdrawal of treatment embedded in a multiple baseline design, which was classied as a mixed design (n=57).
Figure 2. Study Designs
RCT = Randomized controlled trial QED = Quasi-experimental design ABAB = Withdrawal of treatment MB = Multiple baseline MP = Multiple probe CC = Changing criterion AT = Alternating treatment
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Table 5. Nature of Literature Base Diagnosis* Autism PDD/PDD-NOS Autism Spectrum Disorder Asperger Syndrome/HFA Co-occurring Condition* No co-occurring conditions reported Intellectual disability Speech/language impairment Sensory impairment Epilepsy/seizure disorder ADHD Physical disability Genetic syndrome Learning disability Developmental delay Mental Illness Other (i.e., neurological disorder, hyperthyroidism, Tourette syndrome, otitis media) 283 116 21 14 14 11 8 6 5 5 3 16 Participants (n) 382 64 56 40
Participants
Table 5 contains the number of studies in which a participant descriptor or co-occurring condition was identied by authors; this list of descriptors is not mutually exclusive (i.e., one study could have multiple descriptors). In the majority of studies, authors described participants as having autism, which was usually conrmed by a formal diagnosis. Other terms, which under DSM 5 would be classied as ASD, were also used to describe participants (i.e., PDD/PDD-NOS, Asperger/High Functioning Autism, and actually ASD). Co-occurring conditions were identied in a substantial minority (37.9%) of studies. The co-occurring condition descriptor identied most frequently was intellectual disability (25.4% of all studies). The majority of the participants in studies were children between the ages of 6 and 11 years, with preschool-aged children (35 years) also participating in a large proportion of studies (see Figure 3). Relatively fewer studies included children below three years of age (i.e., in early intervention). While a substantial minority of studies included participants above 12 years of age, this number declined as the ages increased.
*Studies may have reported more than one diagnosis and/or co-occurring condition. PDD/PDD-NOS = Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified HFA = High Functioning Autism ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Outcomes
Although studies in the literature incorporated a wide range of outcomes, research focused primarily on outcomes associated with the core symptoms of ASD: social, communication, and challenging behaviors (Table 6). Researchers focused on communication and social outcomes most frequently, followed closely by challenging behaviors. Play and joint attention were also reported in a considerable number of studies, perhaps reecting the large representation in the literature of studies with preschool children. However, school readiness and pre-academic/academic outcomes also
Figure 3. Ages of Participants in Studies
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appeared in a substantial number of studies, perhaps reecting the elementary school age range of participants in many studies. Outcomes of concern in the adolescent years, such as vocational skills and mental health, appeared infrequently in studies.
Table 6. Outcomes Identied In Studies Outcomes related to Social Skills needed to interact with others Communication Ability to express wants, needs, choices, feelings, or ideas Challenging/Interfering Behaviors Decreasing or eliminating behaviors that interfere with the individuals ability to learn Joint Attention Behaviors needed for sharing interests and/or experiences Play Use of toys or leisure materials Cognitive Performance on measures of intelligence, executive function, problem solving, information processing, reasoning, theory of mind, memory, creativity, or attention School Readiness Skills Performance during a task that is not directly related to task content Pre-Academic/Academic Performance on tasks typically taught and used in school settings Motor Movement or motion, including both fine and gross motor skills, or related to sensory system/sensory functioning Adaptive/Self-Help Independent living skills and personal care skills Vocational Employment or employment preparation or relate to technical skills required for a specific job Mental Health Emotional well-being Studies (n) 165 182 158 39 77
Evidence-Based Practices
Twenty-seven practices met the criteria for being evidence-based. These practices with their denitions appear in Table 7. Also, Appendix 2 contains a fact sheet for each intervention, with the denition of the intervention, the type of outcomes it has generated, the age range of participants, and citations for the specic articles that provide the evidence for the efcacy of the practice. The evidence-based practices consist of interventions that are fundamental applied behavior analysis techniques (e.g., reinforcement, extinction, prompting), assessment and analytic techniques that are the basis for intervention (e.g., functional behavior assessment, task analysis), and combinations of primarily behavioral practices used in a
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routine and systematic way that t together as a replicable procedure (e.g., functional communication training, pivotal response training). Also, the process through which an intervention is delivered denes some practices (e.g., parent-implemented interventions, technology-aided interventions). The number of studies identied in support of each practice also appears in Table 7. As noted, SCD was the predominant design methodology employed, and some practices had very strong support in terms of the number of studies that documented their efcacy (e.g., antecedent-based intervention, differential reinforcement, prompting, reinforcement, video modeling). Other practices had strong support from studies using either SCD or group design methodologies (e.g., parent-implemented interventions, social narratives, social skills training, technology-aided instruction and intervention, visual supports). No practices were exclusively supported through group design methodologies.
Table 7. Working Denitions for EBPs Empirical Support Evidence-Based Practice Definition Antecedent-based Arrangement of events or circumstances that precede the occurrence of an interfering behavintervention (ABI) ior and designed to lead to the reduction of the behavior. Cognitive behavioral Instruction on management or control of cognitive processes that lead to changes in overt intervention (CBI) behavior. Differential reinforcement of Alternative, Incompatible, or Other Behavior (DRA/I/O) Provision of positive/desirable consequences for behaviors or their absence that reduce the occurrence of an undesirable behavior. Reinforcement provided: a) when the learner is engaging in a specific desired behavior other than the inappropriate behavior (DRA), b) when the learner is engaging in a behavior that is physically impossible to do while exhibiting the inappropriate behavior (DRI), or c) when the learner is not engaging in the interfering behavior (DRO). Group (n) 0 3 Single Case (n) 32 1
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Instructional process usually involving one teacher/service provider and one student/client Discrete trial teaching and designed to teach appropriate behavior or skills. Instruction usually involves massed trials. (DTT) Each trial consists of the teachers instruction/presentation, the childs response, a carefully planned consequence, and a pause prior to presenting the next instruction. Exercise (ECE) Increase in physical exertion as a means of reducing problem behaviors or increasing appropriate behavior.
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Withdrawal or removal of reinforcers of interfering behavior in order to reduce the occurrence of that behavior. Although sometimes used as a single intervention practice, extinction often Extinction (EXT) occurs in combination with functional behavior assessment, functional communication training, and differential reinforcement. Systematic collection of information about an interfering behavior designed to identify Functional behavior functional contingencies that support the behavior. FBA consists of describing the interfering assessment (FBA) or problem behavior, identifying antecedent or consequent events that control the behavior, developing a hypothesis of the function of the behavior, and/or testing the hypothesis. Replacement of interfering behavior that has a communication function with more appropriFunctional communication ate communication that accomplishes the same function. FCT usually includes FBA, DRA, and/ training (FCT) or EX. Demonstration of a desired target behavior that results in imitation of the behavior by the Modeling (MD) learner and that leads to the acquisition of the imitated behavior. This EBP is often combined with other strategies such as prompting and reinforcement. Intervention strategies that occur within the typical setting/activities/routines in which the learner participates. Teachers/service providers establish the learners interest in a learning Naturalistic intervention event through arrangement of the setting/activity/routine, provide necessary support for the (NI) learner to engage in the targeted behavior, elaborate on the behavior when it occurs, and/or arrange natural consequences for the targeted behavior or skills. Parents provide individualized intervention to their child to improve/increase a wide variety Parent-implemented of skills and/or to reduce interfering behaviors. Parents learn to deliver interventions in their intervention (PII) home and/or community through a structured parent training program. Typically developing peers interact with and/or help children and youth with ASD to acquire new behavior, communication, and social skills by increasing social and learning opportunities Peer-mediated instruction within natural environments. Teachers/service providers systematically teach peers strategies and intervention (PMII) for engaging children and youth with ASD in positive and extended social interactions in both teacher-directed and learner-initiated activities.
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Empirical Support Evidence-Based Practice Definition Learners are initially taught to give a picture of a desired item to a communicative partner in Picture Exchange exchange for the desired item. PECS consists of six phases which are: (1) how to commuCommunication System nicate, (2) distance and persistence, (3) picture discrimination, (4) sentence structure, (5) (PECS) responsive requesting, and (6) commenting. Pivotal learning variables (i.e., motivation, responding to multiple cues, self-management, Pivotal response training and self-initiations) guide intervention practices that are implemented in settings that build (PRT) on learner interests and initiative. Verbal, gestural, or physical assistance given to learners to assist them in acquiring or engagPrompting (PP) ing in a targeted behavior or skill. Prompts are generally given by an adult or peer before or as a learner attempts to use a skill. Reinforcement (R+) An event, activity, or other circumstance occurring after a learner engages in a desired behavior that leads to the increased occurrence of the behavior in the future. Group (n) 2 Single Case (n) 4
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Introduction of a prompt, comment, or other distracters when an interfering behavior is occurResponse interruption/ ring that is designed to divert the learners attention away from the interfering behavior and redirection (RIR) results in its reduction. A verbal and/or written description about a specific skill or situation that serves as a model Scripting (SC) for the learner. Scripts are usually practiced repeatedly before the skill is used in the actual situation. Instruction focusing on learners discriminating between appropriate and inappropriate behavSelf-management (SM) iors, accurately monitoring and recording their own behaviors, and rewarding themselves for behaving appropriately. Narratives that describe social situations in some detail by highlighting relevant cues and Social narratives (SN) offering examples of appropriate responding. Social narratives are individualized according to learner needs and typically are quite short, perhaps including pictures or other visual aids. Group or individual instruction designed to teach learners with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) ways to appropriately interact with peers, adults, and other individuals. Most social Social skills training (SST) skill meetings include instruction on basic concepts, role-playing or practice, and feedback to help learners with ASD acquire and practice communication, play, or social skills to promote positive interactions with peers. Small group activities characterized by their occurrences in a defined area and with a defined Structured play group activity, the specific selection of typically developing peers to be in the group, a clear delinea(SPG) tion of theme and roles by adult leading, prompting, or scaffolding as needed to support students performance related to the goals of the activity. A process in which an activity or behavior is divided into small, manageable steps in order Task analysis (TA) to assess and teach the skill. Other practices, such as reinforcement, video modeling, or time delay, are often used to facilitate acquisition of the smaller steps. Instruction or interventions in which technology is the central feature supporting the acquisiTechnology-aided tion of a goal for the learner. Technology is defined as any electronic item/ equipment/ instruction and application/or virtual network that is used intentionally to increase/maintain, and/or improve intervention (TAII) daily living, work/productivity, and recreation/leisure capabilities of adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (Odom, Thompson, et al., 2013).
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Empirical Support Evidence-Based Practice Definition In a setting or activity in which a learner should engage in a behavior or skill, a brief delay occurs between the opportunity to use the skill and any additional instructions or prompts. Time delay (TD) The purpose of the time delay is to allow the learner to respond without having to receive a prompt and thus focuses on fading the use of prompts during instructional activities. A visual model of the targeted behavior or skill (typically in the behavior, communication, Video modeling (VM) play, or social domains), provided via video recording and display equipment to assist learning in or engaging in a desired behavior or skill. Any visual display that supports the learner engaging in a desired behavior or skills independent of prompts. Examples of visual supports include pictures, written words, objects within Visual support (VS) the environment, arrangement of the environment or visual boundaries, schedules, maps, labels, organization systems, and timelines. Group (n) 0 Single Case (n) 12
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In Table 8, we identify for each practice the outcomes produced by the studies identied and reviewed. Most EBPs produced outcomes across multiple developmental and skill areas. The range of outcome areas was between three and 11. EBPs with the most dispersed (across areas) outcomes were prompting, reinforcement, technology, time delay, and video modeling (i.e., all with outcomes in at least 10 areas). EBPs with outcomes in the fewest areas were Picture Exchange Communication System (i.e., three outcome areas), pivotal response training (i.e., 3 outcomes), exercise (i.e., four outcomes), functional behavior assessment (i.e., ve outcomes), and social skills training (i.e., ve outcomes). It is important to note that the number of outcomes improved is not associated with the potency of the intervention. This table reects the limited number of interventions that have been directed to vocational and mental health outcomes. Outcomes are also analyzed by age of the participants. The table reects the point made previously that much of the research has been conducted with children (age <15 years) rather than adolescents and young adults. Some EBPs and outcomes were logically associated with the young age range and were represented in that way in the data. For example, naturalistic intervention and parent-implemented intervention are EBPs that are often used with young children with ASD and produced effects for young children across outcome areas. However, many EBPs extended across age ranges and outcomes. For example, technology-aided instruction and intervention produced outcomes across a variety of areas and ages.
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Table 8. Matrix of Evidence-Based Practices by Outcome and Age (years)

Communication Behavior 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 6-14 15-22 0-5 Play Cognitive Academic Motor Adaptive Vocational 0-5 6-14 15-22 6-14 Joint Attention School Readiness Mental Health 15-22
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Table 9. Idiosyncratic Behavioral Intervention Packages and EBP Components Study Cihak (2007) DeQuinzio, Townsend, & Poulson (2008) Ganz, Flores, & Lashley (2011) Gena (2006) Gena, Krantz, McClannahan, & Poulson (1996) Kaplan-Reimer, Sidener, Reeve, & Sidener (2011) Kuhn, Hardesty, & Sweeney (2009) Marcus, Sinnott, Bradley, & Grey (2010) Matson, Taras, Sevin, Love, & Fridley (1990) Pelios, MacDuff, & Axelrod (2003) Post & Kirkpatrick (2004) Strain, Wilson, & Dunlap (2011) Williams, Prez-Gonzlez, & Vogt (2003) EBPs Employed DTT, TD PP, R+, TA DR, MD PP, R+ DTT, MD, PP, R+ PP, R+, TA ABI, EXT, FCT DR, PP MD, PP, R+, TA PP, R+ NI, PP ABI, DR, FBA MD, PP, R+
Other Practices with Some Support

Some practices had empirical support from the research literature, but they were not identied as EBPs. In some studies, researchers combined practices into behavioral packages to address special intervention goals, but the combination of practices was idiosyncratic. In other cases, an intervention practice did not have the required number of studies to meet the EBP criteria or there were characteristics about the studies (i.e., all conducted by one research group) that prevented their inclusion. All are described in this section.
Idiosyncratic Behavioral Intervention Packages
In the studies categorized as behavioral packages, researchers selected combinations of EBPs and other practices to create interventions to address participants individual and unique goals. These behavioral packages
were only classied as EBPs when procedural combinations were replicated across studies (e.g., PRT, FCT). The behavior package studies appear in Table 9 along with the EBPs they incorporated into their interventions. An example of this combination is the study by Strain, Wilson, and Dunlap (2011) in which the authors used functional behavior assessment, antecedent intervention, and differential reinforcement of alternative behavior to address the problem behaviors of three children with ASD.
Other Practices with Empirical Support
Some focused intervention practices had empirical support from the literature but did not meet the methodological criteria established for this review. The reasons for their exclusion were that 1) there was an insufcient number of studies documenting efcacy, or 2) there was a sufcient number of acceptable studies but the studies were conducted by only one research group, or 3) there were a sufcient number of SCD studies but there were not a sufcient number of total participants across studies (i.e., 20 or more). The authors caution the reader here, and again in the discussion section (i.e., this caution bears repeating), to be careful in interpreting the ndings of Table 10. The empirical support is not equivalent across practices. Some interventions have support from multiple studies demonstrating efcacy. Behavioral momentum interventions, direct instruction, independent work systems, joint attention and symbolic play instruction, music therapy, and reciprocal imitation
training are examples of such interventions, which will be discussed in the next chapter. Interventions with only one study providing support should be treated with the most caution, which is also discussed in the next chapter.
Table 10. Other Focused Intervention Practices with Some Support Practice Aided Language Modeling Auditory Integration Training Behavioral Momentum Intervention Description Use of several augmentative and alternative communication strategies (e.g., pointing with finger, sequential pointing, use of communication symbol and vocalization together) Systematic exposure to modulated tones resulting in changes in parent reported problem behavior Evidence Drager et al. (2006) Exclusion Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient number of total participants
Edelson et al. (1999)
Organization of behavior expectations in a sequence in which Banda & Kubina (2006) low probability/preference behaviors are embedded in a series Davis, Brady, Hamilton, McEvoy & of high probability/preference behaviors to increase the occurWilliams (1994) rence of the low probability/preference behaviors Davis, Brady, Williams, & Hamilton (1992) Ducharme, Lucas, & Pontes (1994) Houlihan, Jacobson, & Brandon (1994) Jung, Sainato, & Davis (2008) Patel et al. (2007) Riviere, Becquet, Peltret, Facon, & Darcheville (2011) Romano & Roll (2000) Systematic consultation across years to promote achievement of IEP goals Academic learning tasks organized around joint activities and goals Instructional package involving student choral responses, explicit signal to cue student responses, correction procedures for incorrect or non-responses, modeling correct responses, independent student responses Increasing (for accelerating behaviors) or decreasing (for decelerating behaviors) the stimulus intensity or conditions to promote the occurrence of the desired response Ruble, Dalrymple, & McGrew (2010) Dugan et al. (1995)
Collaborative Coaching Cooperative Learning Groups Direct Instruction
Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Only one research group
Flores & Ganz (2007) Ganz & Flores (2009)
Exposure
Ellis, Alai-Rosales, Glenn, RosalesRuiz, & Greenspoon (2006) Shabani & Fisher (2006) Wood, Wolery, & Kaiser (2009)
Insufficient evidence
Handwriting Without Tears Independent Work Systems
Multisensory activities promoting fine motor and writing skills Carlson, McLaughlin, Derby, & Blecher Insufficient (2009) evidence Instructional process that includes visually and spatial organized location, previously mastered work, clear specification of task(s), signal when work is finished, instructions for next activity Bennett, Reichow, & Wolery (2011) Hume & Odom (2007) Mavropoulou, Papadopoulou, & Kakana (2011) Insufficient evidence
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Practice Joint Attention-Symbolic Play Instruction
Description A combination of DTT and NI were employed to promote joint attention and symbolic play
Evidence Gulsrud, Kasari, Freeman, & Paparella (2007) Kasari, Freeman, & Paparella (2006) Kasari, Paparella, Freeman, & Jahromi (2008)
Exclusion Only one research group
Music Intensity Music Therapy
Different levels of music volume used to affect vocal stereotypy Lanovaz, Sladeczek, & Rapp (2011) Songs and music used as a medium through which students goals may be addressed Kern & Aldridge (2006) Kern, Wakeford, & Aldridge (2007) Kern, Wolery, & Aldridge (2007)
Insufficient evidence Only one research group Only one research group
Reciprocal Imitation Training
Therapist or teacher repeats the actions, vocalizations, or other Ingersoll (2010) behaviors of the student to promote students imitation and Ingersoll (2012) other goals Ingersoll & Lalonde (2010) Ingersoll, Lewis, & Kroman (2007) Gradual removal of restraints involving application of pressure to arm, shadowing Cognitive strategy for establishing mental representations to promote addition and subtraction Instructional package involving explanation of strategy and self-management to teach writing skills Jennett, Hagopian, & Beaulieu (2011) Rockwell, Griffin, & Jones (2011)
Removal of Restraints Schema-Based Strategy Instruction Self-Regulated Strategy Development Writing Intervention Sensory Diet
Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence
Delano (2007)
Sensory based activities integrated into child routines to meet sensory needs
Fazlolu & Baran (2008) Pfeiffer, Koenig, Kinnealey, Sheppard, & Henderson (2011)
Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence
Sensory Integration and Therapeutic activities characterized by enhanced sensation, Fine Motor Intervention especially tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive, active participation and adaptive interaction paired with individual fine motor instruction from OT Sentence-Combining Technique Test Taking Strategy Instruction Theory of Mind Training Toilet Training Touch-Point Instruction Instructional package including teacher modeling, student practice, and worksheet to increase adjective use in writing
Rousseau, Krantz, Poulson, Kitson, & McClannahan (1994)
Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence
Instructional package involving modeling, mnemonic devices, Songlee, Miller, Tincani, Sileo, & verbal practice sessions, controlled practice sessions, advanced Perkins (2008) practice sessions Structured training and practice of using theory of mind skills that includes a parent component Modification of toilet training program developed by Arin and Fox (1971) Tactile and number line materials used to introduce math and numeracy concepts Systematic touching or massage Begeer, et al. (2011) LeBlanc, Carr, Crossett, Bennett, & Detweiler (2005) Cihak & Foust (2008) Fletcher, Boon, & Cihak (2010) Field, et al. (1997)
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Chapter 4 Discussion
review. We examine the practice of combining EBPs into behavioral intervention packages in idiosyncratic ways that addresses specic participant outcomes and also describe interventions with some, but insufcient, evidence to be identied as an EBP. As with any review, it is important to identify limitations, which we acknowledge, and we also propose implications of the results of this review for practice and future research.
HE CURRENT REVIEW updates and extends the work on evidence-based, focused
intervention practices begun with an initial review completed in 2007 (Odom, ColletKlingenberg, et al., 2010). In this chapter, we discuss the 27 EBPs identied in the current review and describe the differences between EBPs in the current and previous
Evidence-Based Practices
In this review, 27 focused intervention practices meet the evidence-based criteria, as compared to 24 practices identied in the previous review (see Table 11). The current set includes six new EBP categories. Five of these categories, cognitive behavior interventions, exercise, modeling, scripting, and structured play groups are entirely new since the last review. They were supported by more recent research (19972011) in combination with studies published during the 1990-97 time period. The new technology-aided instruction and intervention practice reects an expansion of the denition of technology interventions for students with ASD, which resulted in the previous categories of computer aided instruction and speech generating devices/VOCA being subsumed under this classication. In addition, more and different uses of technology have emerged (e.g., use of smart phone and tablet technology). Structured work systems, in the original list of EBPs, was not included in the current set of EBPs because the new methodological criteria eliminated some studies. However, the empirical support underlying structured work systems is highlighted in the list of practices noted as Other Focused Intervention Practices Having Some Support, to be discussed in a subsequent section.
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Table 11. Focused Intervention Practices from Previous and Current Review. Previous Review: Evidence-Based Practices from 19972007 Antecedent-Based Interventions Computer Aided Instruction Current Review: Evidence-Based Practices from 19902011 Antecedent-Based Interventions Cognitive Behavior Intervention More accumulated evidence Expanded conceptualization (see Technology-Aided Instruction and Intervention) Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors Discrete Trial Teaching Exercise Extinction Functional Behavior Assessment Functional Communication Training Naturalistic Intervention Parent-Implemented Intervention PECS Peer-Mediated Instruction and Intervention Pivotal Response Training Prompting Reinforcement Response Interruption/Redirection Self-Management Social Narrative Speech Generating Devices/VOCA Extinction Functional Behavior Assessment Functional Communication Training Modeling Naturalistic Intervention Parent-Implemented Intervention PECS Peer-Mediated Instruction and Intervention Pivotal Response Training Prompting Reinforcement Response Interruption/Redirection Scripting Self-Management Social Narrative Expanded conceptualization (see Technology-Aided Instruction and Intervention) Social Skills Training Structured Play Group Structured Work Systems Task Analysis Task Analysis Technology-Aided Instruction and Intervention Expanded conceptualization (incorporated previous Computer Aided Instruction and Speech Generating Devices) More accumulated evidence More stringent criteria reduced previous evidence More accumulated evidence More accumulated evidence More accumulated evidence Reason for Change
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors Discrete Trial Teaching
Social Skills Training
Time Delay Video Modeling Visual Support
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Strength of Evidence
In this review, there was no attempt to calculate effect size, as would occur in a meta-analysis. Because the empirical support for interventions is derived from two different methodologies (i.e., group and SCD), effect size estimates from the two different designs generally have different meanings. For example, group design meta-analytic procedures usually consist of analyses between mean performances of groups in different experimental conditions whereas SCD analyses usually consist of within case comparisons in different experimental conditions. Even if the two approaches were consistent, researchers in the eld have not reached agreement on the best approach for calculating effect size for SCD (Kratchowill et al., 2013). The number of studies that support a given practice does not reect the potency of the intervention, but does reect the weight of the research evidence showing that the intervention is indeed effective. Fifteen of the EBPs have over 10 studies providing empirical support for the practice, and among those, the foundational applied behavior analysis techniques (e.g., prompting and reinforcement) have the most support. Antecedent-based interventions, differential reinforcement, and video modeling also have substantial support with over 25 studies supporting their efcacy. The number and variety of these replications speak to the relative strength of these EBPs.
Idiosyncratic Behavioral Intervention Package

A clear trend in the set of studies found in this review was the authors selection of EBPs, most often applied behavior analysis techniques, that they used in combination to address a specic behavior problem or goal for the participant. For example, to teach two students with ASD recreational rock climbing skills, Kaplan-Reimer et al. (2011) employed stimulus fading (i.e., a form of antecedent-based intervention), errorless learning (i.e., a form of prompting), and positive reinforcement to create a behavioral intervention package. Other idiosyncratic behavioral intervention packages addressed problem behaviors (Strain et al., 2011). The idiosyncratic behavioral intervention packages were not classied as EBPs in this review, although the packages themselves were made up of EBPs. The rationale for not qualifying this group as an EBP is that the practices themselves are substantially different from one another, and none of the individual packages was replicated in subsequent studies to demonstrate that the package was other than applicable to the specic circumstances in which it was employed. These packages do demonstrate, however, the utility of the EBPs in addressing individual behavioral needs of children and youth with ASD.
Other Practices with Empirical Support

Some focused intervention practices with well-dened procedures were detected by this literature review but were not included as EBPs because they did not meet one or more of the specic criteria. A common reason for not meeting criteria was insufcient numbers of studies
documenting efcacy. For example, in Table 10, 16 practices were identied that had only one acceptable study supporting its efcacy, which is quite limited support. Other practices did have multiple studies but fell below the minimum number of studies required. For example, the efcacy of the structured work system intervention is documented by multiple studies (see Table 10) and was included as an EBP in the previous EBP review. However, with the methodological evaluation employed in this review, only three SCD studies met the criteria, which was less than the ve SCD studies needed to be classied as an EBP. Similarly, music therapy was supported by three SCD studies, which was below the number needed for qualication as an EBP. One practice, behavioral momentum interventions, did have support from nine SCD studies; however, the total number of participants across the studies (16) did not meet the EBP qualication criteria (i.e., total of at least 20 participants across the SCD studies). Other practices were also supported by multiple demonstrations of efcacy, but all the studies were conducted by one research group (i.e., efcacy needs to be replicated by more than one research group). The reciprocal imitation training (RIT) approach developed by Ingersoll and colleagues had a substantial and impressive set of studies documenting efcacy. For RIT, there were a sufcient number and variety of studies to be classied as an EBP, but all studies were conducted by the same research group. Similarly, the joint attention and symbolic play instruction practice has been studied extensively by Kasari and colleagues, but at the time of this review, the practice had not been replicated in an acceptable study by another research group. A number of researchers designed interventions to promote academic outcomes, but because their procedures differed, the studies could not be grouped into a single EBP category. To promote reading and literacy skills, Ganz and Flores (2009) and Flores and Ganz (2007) used Corrective Reading Thinking Basics. To teach different writing skills, Rousseau et al. (1994) used a sentence combining technique; Delano (2007) used an instruction and self-management strategy; and Carlson et al. (2009) used a multisensory approach. For teaching different math skills, Cihak and colleagues (Cihak & Foust, 2008; Fletcher et al., 2010) employed touch point instruction and Rockwell et al. (2011) designed a schema-based instructional strategy. Test taking behavior, a particular problem for some children and youth with autism, was promoted through the use of modeling, mnemonic strategies, and different forms of practice to improve test taking performance by Songlee et al. (2008). Also, Dugan et al. (1995) employed a cooperative learning approach to promote engagement in a number of academic activities for children with ASD. This focus on academic outcomes has emerged primarily in post-2007 and appears to represent a trend in current and possibly future research. It is important to repeat the cautionary note mentioned in the previous chapter about the amount of evidence available to demonstrate the efcacy of these essentially undocumented
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interventions. All of these instructional and intervention practices fall below the EBP criteria established. Some do have substantial supportive evidence (e.g., multiple group or SCD studies), but the further an intervention practice is from the minimum criterion, the greater scrutiny and caution practitioners should exercise in their choice of the intervention.
Review Process
The current report updates a previous review of the literature conducted ve years ago (Odom, Collet-Klingenberg, et al., 2010). With this report, we extend the review in several ways. First, we expand the coverage of the literature from 10 years (1997-2007) in the previous review to 21 years in the current review (1990-2011). As noted, limiting this review to the previous two decades is consistent with the procedures followed by other research synthesis organizations, such as the What Works Clearinghouse (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/reference_resources/ wwc_procedures_v3_0_draft_standards_handbook.pdf). The process followed in this review improved on the previous study evaluation criteria. First, a national panel of reviewers who were recruited and trained conducted the review of individual articles. In the previous review, the evaluations of individual studies were conducted by research staff within the NPDC project group. Second, the items for the article evaluation protocols were again based on the quality indicators developed by Gersten et al. (2005) for experimental and quasi-experimental design and Horner et al. (2005) for SCD, but the protocol developer also incorporated review criteria that has been used by the What Works Clearinghouse and other current review processes like the National Standards Project (http://www.nationalautismcenter. org/nsp/). The protocols were pilot tested by reviewers outside of the project evaluation team, and two national leaders in experimental group design and SCD provided a nal review and feedback. Third, the articles included in the nal review went through four screening and review levels before being incorporated into the nal pool that was used to identify EBPs. In addition, after review categories were formed and supporting articles identied, evaluation team members conducted a nal validity check to make sure the focused intervention procedures described in the method sections of articles were consistent with the category denitions within which they had been grouped to demonstrate empirical support. Although a systematic process for evaluating articles and summarizing empirical support for EBPs was followed in the previous review, the current review had greater scrutiny of individual articles. We propose that all of these added features improved the rigorous quality of the review process.
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Limitations
As with nearly any review, we acknowledge that some limitations exist for this review. As noted, the review was only of studies published from 1990-2011. Two limitations exist regarding this timeframe. First, we acknowledge that we are missing studies that occurred before 1990, although one might expect early (i.e., pre-1990) studies of important and effective practices to have been replicated in publications over subsequent years. Second, because of the time required to conduct a review of a very large database and involve a national set of reviewers, there is a lag between the end date for a literature review (i.e., 2011) and the date on which the review is published (i.e., early 2014). Certainly, studies have been published in the interim that could have moved some of the other practices into the EBP classication. The age range of participants in the studies reviewed was from birth to 22, or the typical school years (i.e., if one counts early intervention). This is important information for early intervention and service providers for school-age children and youth. The practices also have implications for older individuals with ASD, but the review falls short of specifically identifying EBPs for adults with ASD. Also, a major oversight was that we did not collect demographic information on the gender, race, and ethnicity of the participants of studies. Such information could have been a useful and important feature of this review. Last, in this review, we placed the emphasis on identifying the practices that are efficacious. It provides no information about practices that researchers documented as not having an effect or for practices that have deleterious effects.
Implications for Practice

The identication of focused intervention practices that have substantial evidence of efcacy provides the basis for designing comprehensive evidence-supported programs for children and youth with ASD. The distinction between evidence-based programs and evidence-supported programs is an important one (Cook & Cook, 2013). Developers of some comprehensive treatment models, such as the Lovaas Model (McEachin, Smith, & Lovaas, 1993) and the Early Start Denver Model (Dawson et al., 2010), have conducted randomized efcacy studies that provide empirical support for their program models, which would qualify them as evidence-based programs (Odom et al., in press). It is also possible for practitioners to design comprehensive programs for individual children with ASD in which they employ the EBPs identied in this or other reports. We have called these technical eclectic programs (Odom et al., 2012). They could be characterized as evidence-supported programs in that EBPs are integral features of the program model, but the efcacy of the entire program model has not been validated through a randomized controlled trial. Given that the evidence-based term has been used loosely in the past, it is important to be
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specic about how the EBPs generated by this report t with the entire movement toward basing instruction and intervention for children and youth with ASD on intervention science. For practitioners to design a technical eclectic/evidence-supported program, there must be a process for linking student goals with EBPs (Cox et al., 2013; Odom et al., 2012). Such a process begins with the precise identication of individual goals and their statement in an objective and measureable manner. The content of the goal may be described as generating an outcome that ts into one of the 12 outcome areas shown as columns in Table 8 (previous chapter). From the matrix in Table 8, practitioners can identify the EBPs that have produced participant outcomes in the identied area. These could be considered as the EBPs that might work with that specic goal. Practitioners should, however, factor in other information in determining the intervention or teaching strategy for individual students. Other information includes students previous history with the intervention approach, teachers comfort with using the approach and previous training, feasibility of implementation in the intervention or instructional setting, and family preferences. In addition, the most important evidence supporting an EBP at the individual student level is the progress the student makes when the EBP is implemented. This places a great responsibility on the practitioner to implement the EBP with delity, collect data on child/youth performance, and use the data to evaluate the success of the EBP for meeting the child/youths goal.
the most important evidence supporting an EBP at the individual student level is the progress the student makes when the EBP is implemented.
Implications for Future Research

This review reveals gaps that exist in current knowledge about focused intervention practices for children and youth with ASD. The majority of the intervention studies over the last 20 years have been conducted with preschool-age and elementary school-age children. A clear need for the eld is to expand the intervention literature up the age range to adolescents and young adults with ASD. This need was reected in the small number of studies that addressed vocational and mental health outcomes, which may have greater relevance for adolescents and young adults. Similarly, fewer studies were identied for infants and toddlers with ASD and their families. While the evidence for comprehensive treatment programs for toddlers with ASD is expanding (Odom et al., in press), there is a need for moving forward the research agenda that addresses focused intervention practices for this age group. Early intervention providers and service providers for adolescents with ASD who build technical eclectic programs for children and youth with ASD now have to extrapolate from studies conducted with preschool and elementary-aged children with ASD. This practice is similar to the concept in psychopharmacology of off-label use of medications (i.e., those tested with adolescents and adults) for children with ASD. The need for
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expanding the age range of intervention research has been identied by major policy initiative groups, such as the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (2012), and the prospect for future research in this area is bright. Because of the demographics of ASD, much of the research has been conducted with boys and young men with ASD, and less is known about the effects of interventions and outcomes for girls and young women. In addition, while acknowledging that we did not collect information about race/ethnic/cultural diversity and underrepresented groups in this review, it is our informed opinion (from reading hundreds of studies), that most of the participants in the studies were either White-Caucasian or their race/ethnicity was not described. Similarly, information about childrens or their families socioeconomic status is rarely provided in studies. A needed feature of future intervention research is to include a more diverse set of participants than has occurred in the past and examine differences in treatment outcomes that may occur. This issue of diversity incorporates race/ethnicity but extends also to gender and socioeconomic diversity.
Conclusion
The current review conveys the state of the science in intervention practice for children and youth with ASD as well as the gaps in the science. With regard to the state of the science, as the volume and theoretical range of the literature has expanded, the number of EBPs has increased. This bodes well for a eld that is searching for an empirical base for its practice and also for children and youth with ASD and their families, who may expect that advances in intervention science will lead to better outcomes. The prospect of better outcomes, however, is couched on the need for translating scientic results into intervention practices that service providers may access and providing professional development and support for implementing the practices with delity. Fortunately, the emerging eld of implementation science may provide the needed guidance for such a translational process (Fixsen, Blase, Metz, & Van Dyke, 2013) and professional development models for teachers and service providers working with children and youth with ASD have begun to adopt an implementation science approach (Odom, Cox, & Brock, 2013). Such movement, from science to practice is a clear challenge and also an important next step for the eld.
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Appendix A Review Protocols
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Group Design Quality Indicators Instructions: Read each item and check the appropriate box. If you check NO at any time, the article will not be included as evidence for a practice. Item Does the study have experimental and control/comparative groups? Were appropriate procedures used to increase the likelihood that relevant characteristics of participants in the sample were comparable across conditions? Was their evidence for adequate reliability for the key outcome measures? And/or when relevant, was inter-observer reliability assessed and reported to be at an acceptable level? Were outcomes for capturing the interventions effect measured at appropriate times (at least pre- and post-test)? Was the intervention described and specified clearly enough that critical aspects could be understood? Was the control/comparison condition(s) described? Were data analysis techniques appropriately linked to key research questions and hypotheses? Was attrition NOT a significant threat to internal validity? Does the research report statistically significant effects of the practice for individuals with ASD for at least one outcome variable? Were the measures of effect attributed to the intervention? (no obvious unaccounted confounding factors) YES NO
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Single Case Design Quality Indicators Instructions: Read each item and check the appropriate box. If you check NO at any time, the article will not be included as evidence for a practice. Item Does the dependent variable align with the research question or purpose of the study? Was the dependent variable clearly defined such that another person could identify an occurrence or non-occurrence of the response? Does the measurement system align with the dependent variable and produce a quantifiable index? Did a secondary observer collect data on the dependent variable for at least 20% of sessions across conditions? Was mean interobserver agreement (IOA) 80% or greater OR kappa of .60 or greater? Is the independent variable described with enough information to allow for a clear understanding about the critical differences between the baseline and intervention conditions, or were references to other material used if description does not allow for a clear understanding? Was the baseline described in a manner that allows for a clear understanding of the differences between the baseline and intervention conditions? Are the results displayed in graphical format showing repeated measures for a single case (e.g., behavior, participant, group) across time? Do the results demonstrate changes in the dependent variable when the independent variable is manipulated by the experimenter at three different points in time or across three phase repetitions? *Alternating treatment designs require at least 4 repetitions of the alternating sequence. YES NO
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Appendix B Intervention Fact Sheets
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Antecedent-Based Intervention Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Antecedent-based interventions (ABI) include a variety of modications that are made to the environment/context in an attempt to change or shape a students behavior. ABI are typically implemented after conducting a functional behavior assessment which can assist in identifying both the function of an interfering behavior, along with environmental conditions that may have become linked to a behavior over time. Once factors in the environment that may be reinforcing interfering behavior have been identied, ABI are implemented to modify the environment or activity so that the factor no longer elicits the interfering behavior. Common ABI procedures include: 1) modifying educational activities, materials, or schedule (e.g., incorporating student interest), 2) incorporating student choice in educational activities/materials, 3) preparing students ahead of time for upcoming activities (e.g., priming), 4) varying the format, level of difculty, or order of instruction during educational activities (e.g., varying high and low demand requests), 5) enriching the environment to provide additional cues or access to additional materials (e.g., visual cues, access to sensory stimuli), and 6) modifying prompting and reinforcement schedules and delivery (e.g., varying access to reinforcement prior to educational activities). ABI strategies often are used in conjunction with other evidence-based practices such as functional communication training, extinction, and reinforcement.
Qualifying Evidence
ABI meets evidence-based criteria with 32 single case design studies.

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According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for toddlers (0-2 years) to young adults (19-22 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
ABI can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, play, school-readiness, academic, motor, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Providing Evidence Adcock, J., & Cuvo, A. J. (2009). Enhancing learning for children with autism spectrum disorders in regular education by instructional modications. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3(2), 319-328. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.07.004
Ahearn, W. H. (2003). Using simultaneous presentation to increase vegetable consumption in a mildly selective child with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36(3), 361-365. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-361 Butler, L. R., & Luiselli, J. K. (2007). Escape-maintained problem behavior in a child with autism antecedent functional analysis and intervention evaluation of noncontingent escape and instructional fading. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9(4), 195-202. doi: 10.1177/10983007070090040201 Cale, S. I., Carr, E. G., Blakeley-Smith, A., & Owen-DeSchryver, J. S. (2009). Context-based assessment and intervention for problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior modication, 33(6), 707-742. doi: 10.1177/0145445509340775 Carter, C. M. (2001). Using choice with game play to increase language skills and interactive behaviors in children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 3(3), 131-151. doi: 10.1177/109830070100300302 Conroy, M. A., Asmus, J. M., Sellers, J. A., & Ladwig, C. N. (2005). The use of an antecedent-based intervention to decrease stereotypic behavior in a general education classroom: A case study. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 20(4), 223-230. doi: 10.1177/10883576050200040401 Dudley, L. L., Johnson, C., & Barnes, R. S. (2002). Decreasing rumination using a starchy food satiation procedure. Behavioral Interventions, 17(1), 21-29. doi: 10.1002/bin.104 Dunlap, G., & Plienis, A. J. (1991). The inuence of task size on the unsupervised task performance of students with developmental disabilities. Education and Treatment of Children, 14(2), 85-95. Dyer, K., Dunlap, G., & Winterling, V. (1990). Effects of choice making on the serious problem behaviors of students with severe handicaps. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23(4), 515-524. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1990.23-515 Ebanks, M. E., & Fisher, W. W. (2003). Altering the timing of academic prompts to treat destructive behavior maintained by escape. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36(3), 355-359. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-355 Graff, R. B., & Green, G. (2004). Two methods for teaching simple visual discriminations to learners with severe disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25(3), 295-307. doi: 10.1016/j. ridd.2003.08.002 Hagopian, L. P., & Toole, L. M. (2009). Effects of response blocking and competing stimuli on stereotypic behavior. Behavioral Interventions, 24(2), 117-125. doi: 10.1002/bin.278 Haley, J. L., Heick, P. F., & Luiselli, J. K. (2010). Use of an antecedent intervention to decrease vocal stereotypy of a student with autism in the general education classroom. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 32(4), 311-321. doi: 10.1080/07317107.2010.515527 Kennedy, C. H. (1994). Manipulating antecedent conditions to alter the stimulus control of problem behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27(1), 161-170. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-161 Kliebert, M. L., & Tiger, J. H. (2011). Direct and distal effects of noncontingent juice on rumination exhibited by a child with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(4), 955-959. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-955 Koegel, L. K., Koegel, R. L., Frea, W., & Green-Hopkins, I. (2003). Priming as a method of coordinating educational services for students with autism. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 34(3), 228-235. doi: 10.1044/0161-1461(2003/019) Ladd, M. V., Luiselli, J. K., & Baker, L. (2009). Continuous access to competing stimulation as intervention for self-injurious skin picking in a child with autism. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 31(1), 54-60. doi: 10.1080/07317100802701400 Mason, S. A., & Newsom, C. D. (1990). The application of sensory change to reduce stereotyped behavior. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 11(3), 257-271. doi: 10.1016/0891-4222(90)90012-W
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OConnor, A. S., Prieto, J., Hoffmann, B., DeQuinzio, J. A., & Taylor, B. A. (2011). A stimulus control procedure to decrease motor and vocal stereotypy. Behavioral Interventions, 26(3), 231-242. doi: 10.1002/bin.335 Piazza, C. C., Hanley, G. P., & Fisher, W. W. (1996). Functional analysis and treatment of cigarette pica. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29(4), 437-450. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-437 Rapp, J. T., Vollmer, T. R., Peter, C., Dozier, C. L., & Cotnoir, N. M. (2004). Analysis of response allocation in individuals with multiple forms of stereotyped behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37(4), 481-501. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-481 Reinhartsen, D. B., Garnkle, A. N., & Wolery, M. (2002). Engagement with toys in two-year-old children with autism: Teacher selection versus child choice. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 27(3), 175-187. doi: 10.2511/rpsd.27.3.175 Rispoli, M. J., OReilly, M. F., Sigafoos, J., Lang, R., Kang, S., Lancioni, G., & Parker, R. (2011). Effects of presession satiation on challenging behavior and academic engagement for children with autism during classroom instruction. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(4), 607-618. Rispoli, M., OReilly, M., Lang, R., Machalicek, W., Davis, T., Lancioni, G., & Sigafoos, J. (2011). Effects of motivating operations on problem and academic behavior in classrooms. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(1), 187-192. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-187 Roane, H. S., Kelly, M. L., & Fisher, W. W. (2003). The effects of noncontingent access to food on the rate of object mouthing across three settings. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36(4), 579-582. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-579 Rosales, R., Worsdell, A., & Trahan, M. (2010). Comparison of methods for varying item presentation during noncontingent reinforcement. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4(3), 367-376. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.10.004 Schreibman, L., Whalen, C., & Stahmer, A. C. (2000). The use of video priming to reduce disruptive transition behavior in children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2(1), 3-11. doi: 10.1177/109830070000200102 Sigafoos, J., Green, V. A., Payne, D., OReilly, M. F., & Lancioni, G. E. (2009). A classroom-based antecedent intervention reduces obsessive-repetitive behavior in an adolescent with autism. Clinical Case Studies, 8(1), 3-13. doi: 10.1177/1534650108327475 Stichter, J. P., Randolph, J. K., Kay, D., & Gage, N. (2009). The use of structural analysis to develop antecedent-based interventions for students with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(6), 883-896. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0693-8 Taylor, B. A., Hoch, H., Potter, B., Rodriguez, A., Spinnato, D., & Kalaigian, M. (2005). Manipulating establishing operations to promote initiations toward peers in children with autism. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 26(4), 385-392. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.11.003 Tiger, J. H., Fisher, W. W., Toussaint, K. A., & Kodak, T. (2009). Progressing from initially ambiguous functional analyses: Three case examples. Research in developmental disabilities, 30(5), 910-926. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2099.01.005 Walpole, C. W., Roscoe, E. M., & Dube, W. V. (2007). Use of a differential observing response to expand restricted stimulus control. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(4), 707-712. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.707-712 ANTICEDENT BaSED INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Hume, K. (2013). Antecedent-based intervention (ABI) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Neitzel, J. (2009). Overview of antecedent-based interventions. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) is based on the belief that behavior is mediated by cognitive processes. Learners are taught to examine their own thoughts and emotions, recognize when negative thoughts and emotions are escalating in intensity, and then use strategies to change their thinking and behavior. These interventions tend to be used with learners who display problem behavior related to specic emotions or feelings, such as anger or anxiety. Cognitive behavioral interventions are often used in conjunction with other evidence-based practices including social narratives, reinforcement, and parent-implemented intervention.
Qualifying Evidence
CBI meets evidence-based criteria with 3 group design and 1 single case design studies.
Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for elementary school-age learners (6-11 years) to high school-age learners (15-18 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
CBI can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, cognitive, adaptive, and mental health outcomes.
Research Studies Providing Evidence Drahota, A., Wood, J. J., Sze, K. M., & Van Dyke, M. (2011). Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on daily living skills in children with high-functioning autism and concurrent anxiety disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(3), 257-265. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1037-4 Singh, N. N., Lancioni, G. E., Manikam, R., Winton, A. S., Singh, A. N., Singh, J., & Singh, A. D. (2011). A mindfulness-based strategy for self-management of aggressive behavior in adolescents with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(3), 1153-1158. doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2010.12.012 Sofronoff, K., Attwood, T., & Hinton, S. (2005). A randomised controlled trial of a CBT intervention for anxiety in children with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46(11), 11521160. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.00411.x Sofronoff, K., Attwood, T., Hinton, S., & Levin, I. (2007). A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive behavioural intervention for anger management in children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(7), 1203-1214. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0262-3 COGNITIVE BEHaVIORaL INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Brock, M. E. (2013). Cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative, Incompatible, or Other Behavior Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Differential reinforcement of alternative, incompatible, or other behavior (DRA/I/O) teaches new skills and increases behavior by providing positive/desirable consequences for behaviors or their absence that reduces the occurrence of an undesirable behavior, especially behaviors that interfere with the learners learning, development, relationships, health and so on (e.g., tantrums, aggression, self-injury, stereotypic behavior). Through differential reinforcement the learner is reinforced for desired behaviors, while inappropriate behaviors are ignored. The learner is provided reinforcement when: a) the learner is engaging in a specic desired behavior other than the inappropriate behavior (DRA), b) the learner is engaging in a behavior that is physically impossible to do while exhibiting the inappropriate behavior (DRI), or c) the learner is not engaging in the interfering behavior (DRO). Differential reinforcement is often used with other evidence-based practices such as prompting to teach the learner behaviors that are more functional or incompatible with interfering behavior, with the overall goal of decreasing that interfering behavior.
Qualifying Evidence
DRA/I/O meets evidence-based criteria with 26 single case design studies.

Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for preschoolers (3-5 years) to young adults (19-22 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
DRA/I/O can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, school-readiness, academic, motor, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Providing Evidence Adelinis, J. D., Piazza, C. C., & Goh, H. L. (2001). Treatment of multiply controlled destructive behavior with food reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34(1), 97-100. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-97 Bergstrom, R., Tarbox, J., & Gutshall, K. A. (2011). Behavioral intervention for domestic pet mistreatment in a young child with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 218-221. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.04.002 Buckley, S. D., & Newchok, D. K. (2005). An evaluation of simultaneous presentation and differential reinforcement with response cost to reduce packing. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38(3), 405-409. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2005.71-04
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Buckley, S. D., Strunck, P. G., & Newchok, D. K. (2005). A comparison of two multicomponent procedures to increase food consumption. Behavioral Interventions, 20(2), 139-146. doi: 10.1002/bin.188 Call, N. A., Pabico, R. S., Findley, A. J., & Valentino, A. L. (2011). Differential reinforcement with and without blocking as treatment for elopement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(4), 903-907. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-903 Charlop, M. H., Kurtz, P. F., & Milstein, J. P. (1992). Too much reinforcement, too little behavior: Assessing task interspersal procedures in conjunction with different reinforcement schedules with autistic children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25(4), 795-808. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1992.25-795 Charlop-Christy, M. H., & Haymes, L. K. (1996). Using obsessions as reinforcers with and without mild reductive procedures to decrease inappropriate behaviors of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 26(5), 527-546. doi: 10.1007/BF02172274 Egan, P. J., Zlomke, L. C., & Bush, B. R. (1993). Utilizing functional assessment, behavioral consultation and videotape review of treatment to reduce aggression: A case study. Special Services in the Schools, 7(1), 27-37. doi: 10.1300/J008v07n01_02 Hagopian, L. P., Kuhn, D. E., & Strother, G. E. (2009). Targeting social skills decits in an adolescent with pervasive developmental disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(4), 907-911. doi:10.1901/ jaba.2009.42-907 Hammond, J. L., Iwata, B. A., Fritz, J. N., & Dempsey, C. M. (2011). Evaluation of xed momentary DRO schedules under signaled and unsignaled arrangements. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(1), 69-81. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-69 Healey, J. J., Ahearn, W. H., Graff, R. B., & Libby, M. E. (2001). Extended analysis and treatment of selfinjurious behavior. Behavioral Interventions, 16(3), 181-195. doi: 10.1002/bin.91 Kelley, M. E., Shamlian, K., Lomas, J. E., & Pabico, R. S. (2011). Pre-assessment exposure to schedulecorrelated stimuli affects choice responding for tasks. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32(2), 527-531. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.12.029 Kerth, D. M., Progar, P. R., & Morales, S. (2009). The effects of non-contingent self-restraint on self-injury. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 22(2), 187-193. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00487.x Lee, R., McComas, J. J., & Jawor, J. (2002). The effects of differential and lag reinforcement schedules on varied verbal responding by individuals with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35(4), 391402. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-391 Marcus, B. A., & Vollmer, T. R. (1996). Combining noncontingent reinforcement and differential reinforcement schedules as treatment for aberrant behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29(1), 43-51. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-43 Napolitano, D. A., Smith, T., Zarcone, J. R., Goodkin, K., & McAdam, D. B. (2010). Increasing response diversity in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43(2), 265-271. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-265 Newman, B. (2005). Self-management of initiations by students diagnosed with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 21(1), 117-122. Patel, M. R., Carr, J. E., Kim, C., Robles, A., & Eastridge, D. (2000). Functional analysis of aberrant behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement: Assessments of specic sensory reinforcers. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 21(5), 393-407. doi: 10.1016/S0891-4222(00)00051-2 Pelios, L. V., MacDuff, G. S., & Axelrod, S. (2003). The effects of a treatment package in establishing independent academic work skills in children with autism. Education and Treatment of Children, 26(1), 1-21.
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Piazza, C. C., Moes, D. R., & Fisher, W. W. (1996). Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior and demand fading in the treatment of escape-maintained destructive behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29(4), 569-572. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-569 Reed, G. K., Ringdahl, J. E., Wacker, D. P., Barretto, A., & Andelman, M. S. (2005). The effects of xed-time and contingent schedules of negative reinforcement on compliance and aberrant behavior. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 26(3), 281-295. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.01.004 Rozenblat, E., Brown, J. L., Brown, A. K., Reeve, S. A., & Reeve, K. F. (2009). Effects of adjusting DRO schedules on the reduction of stereotypic vocalizations in children with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 24(1), 1-15. doi: 10.1002/bin.270 Shabani, D. B., & Fisher, W. W. (2006). Stimulus fading and differential reinforcement for the treatment of needle phobia in a youth with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39(4), 449-452. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2006.30-05 Taylor, B. A., Hoch, H., & Weissman, M. (2005). The analysis and treatment of vocal stereotypy in a child with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 20(4), 239-253. doi: 10.1002/bin.200 Thompson, M. J., McLaughlin, T. F., & Derby, K. M. (2011). The use of differential reinforcement to decrease the inappropriate verbalizations of a nine-year-old girl with autism. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 9(1), 183-196. Tiger, J. H., Fisher, W. W., & Bouxsein, K. J. (2009). Therapist-and self-monitored DRO contingencies as a treatment for the self-injurious skin picking of a young man with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(2), 315-319. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-315
DIffERENTIaL REINfORCEMENT Of ALTERNaTIVE, INCOMPaTIbLE, OR OTHER BEHaVIOR FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Kucharczyk, S. (2013). Differential reinforcement of alternative, incompatible, or other behavior (DRA/I/O) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Adapted from: Bogin, J. & Sullivan, L. (2009). Overview of differential reinforcement of other behaviors. Sacramento: University of California at Davis School of Medicine, M.I.N.D. Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Discrete Trial Teaching Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Discrete trial teaching (DTT) is a one-to-one instructional approach used to teach skills in a planned, controlled, and systematic manner. DTT is characterized by repeated, or massed, trials that have a denite beginning and end. Within DTT, the use of antecedents and consequences is carefully planned and implemented. The instructional trial begins when the adult presents a clear direction or stimulus, which elicits a target behavior. Positive praise and/or tangible rewards are used to reinforce desired skills or behaviors. Data collection is an important part of DTT as it provides teachers/practitioners with information about beginning skill level, progress and challenges, skill acquisition and maintenance, and generalization of learned skills or behaviors. Other practices that are used in DTT include task analysis, prompting, time delay, and reinforcement.
QualifyingEvidence
DTT meets evidence-based criteria with 13 single case design studies.

Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for preschoolers (3-5 years) to elementary school-age learners (6-11 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
DTT can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, schoolreadiness, academic, adaptive, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Goldsmith, T. R., LeBlanc, L. A., & Sautter, R. A. (2007). Teaching intraverbal behavior to children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1(1), 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.07.001 Gould, E., Tarbox, J., OHora, D., Noone, S., & Bergstrom, R. (2011). Teaching children with autism a basic component skill of perspective-taking. Behavioral Interventions, 26(1), 50-66. doi: 10.1002/bin.320 Jahr, E. (2001). Teaching children with autism to answer novel wh-questions by utilizing a multiple exemplar strategy. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 22(5), 407-423. doi: 10.1016/S0891-4222(01)00081-6 Jones, E. A., Feeley, K. M., & Takacs, J. (2007). Teaching spontaneous responses to young children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(3), 565-570. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.40-565 Kelley, M. E., Shillingsburg, M. A., Castro, M. J., Addison, L. R., & LaRue, R. H. (2007). Further evaluation of emerging speech in children with developmental disabilities: Training verbal behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(3), 431-445. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.40-431
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Kodak, T., & Clements, A. (2009). Acquisition of mands and tacts with concurrent echoic training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(4), 839-843. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-839 Lang, R., Rispoli, M., Sigafoos, J., Lancioni, G., Andrews, A., & Ortega, L. (2011). Effects of language of instruction on response accuracy and challenging behavior in a child with autism. Journal of Behavioral Education, 20(4), 252-259. doi: 10.1007/s10864-011-9130-0 Leaf, J. B., Oppenheim-Leaf, M. L., Dotson, W. H., Johnson, V. A., Courtemanche, A. B., Sheldon, J. B., & Sherman, J. A. (2011). Effects of no-no prompting on teaching expressive labeling of facial expressions to children with and without a pervasive developmental disorder. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(2), 186-203. McHugh, L., Bobarnac, A., & Reed, P. (2011). Brief report: Teaching situation-based emotions to children with autistic spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(10), 1423-1428. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1152-2 Simer, N., & Cuvo, A. J. (2009). Training vision screening behavior to children with developmental disabilities. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3(2), 409-420. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.08.007 Summers, J., Tarbox, J., Findel-Pyles, R. S., Wilke, A. E., Bergstrom, R., & Williams, W. L. (2011). Teaching two household safety skills to children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 629632. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.07.008 Taubman, M., Brierley, S., Wishner, J., Baker, D., McEachin, J., & Leaf, R. B. (2001). The effectiveness of a group discrete trial instructional approach for preschoolers with developmental disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 22(3), 205-219. doi: 10.1016/S0891-4222(01)00068-3 Wynn, J. W., & Smith, T. (2003). Generalization between receptive and expressive language in young children with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 18(4), 245-266. doi: 10.1002/bin.142
DISCRETE TRIaL TEaCHING FaCT SHEET SUGGESTED CITaTION
Fleury, V. P. (2013). Discrete trial teaching (DTT) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Bogin, J. (2008). Overview of discrete trial training. Sacramento: University of California at Davis School of Medicine, M.I.N.D. Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Exercise Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Exercise (ECE) is a strategy that involves an increase in physical exertion as a means of reducing problem behaviors or increasing appropriate behavior while increasing physical tness and motor skills. With ECE, learners engage in a xed period of programmed physical activity on a regular basis. ECE sessions often begin with warm-up exercises and end with cool-down activities and may include aerobic activities (e.g., jogging, jumping, swimming), strength training, and/ or stretching that can take place indoors, outdoors, or at a swimming pool for aquatic exercise programs. ECE is often used in conjunction with prompting, reinforcement, and visual supports.
Qualifying Evidence
ECE meets evidence-based criteria with 3 group design and 3 single case design studies.
Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for preschoolers (3-5 years) to middle school-age learners (12-14 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
ECE can be used effectively to address behavior, school-readiness, academic, and motor skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Cannella-Malone, H. I., Tullis, C. A., & Kazee, A. R. (2011). Using antecedent exercise to decrease challenging behavior in boys with developmental disabilities and an emotional disorder. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 13(4), 230-239. doi: 10.1177/109830071140612 Celiberti, D. A., Bobo, H. E., Kelly, K. S., Harris, S. L., & Handleman, J. S. (1997). The differential and temporal effects of antecedent exercise on the self-stimulatory behavior of a child with autism. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 18(2), 139-150. doi: 10.1016/S0891-4222(96)00032-7 Fragala-Pinkham, M. A., Haley, S. M., & ONeil, M. E. (2011). Group swimming and aquatic exercise programme for children with autism spectrum disorders: A pilot study. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 14(4), 230-241. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2011.575438 Nicholson, H., Kehle, T. J., Bray, M. A., & Van Heest, J. (2011). The effects of antecedent physical activity on the academic engagement of children with autism spectrum disorder. Psychology in the Schools, 48, 198-213. doi: 10.1002/pits Oriel, K. N., George, C. L., Peckus, R., & Semon, A. (2011). The effects of aerobic exercise on academic engagement in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 23(2), 187193. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e318218f149 Pan, C. Y. (2011). The efcacy of an aquatic program on physical tness and aquatic skills in children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 657-665. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.08.001
EXERCISE FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Cox, A. W. (2013). Exercise (ECE) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Extinction Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Extinction (EXT) is a strategy based on applied behavior analysis that is used to reduce or eliminate a challenging behavior. The extinction procedure relies on accurately identifying the function of the behavior and the consequences that may be reinforcing its occurrence. The consequence that is believed to reinforce the occurrence of the target challenging behavior is removed or withdrawn, resulting in a decrease of the target behavior. An initial increase in the challenging behavior (often called an extinction burst) is common before eventually being extinguished. Extinction should not be used in isolation. Other practices that are used in combination with extinction include differential reinforcement and functional behavior assessment.
Qualifying Evidence
EXT meets evidence-based criteria with 11 single case design studies.

Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for preschoolers (3-5 years) to high school-age learners (15-18 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
EXT can be used effectively to address communication, behavior, school-readiness, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Banda, D. R., McAfee, J. K., & Hart, S. L. (2009). Decreasing self-injurious behavior in a student with autism and Tourette syndrome through positive attention and extinction. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 31(2), 144-156. doi: 10.1080/07317100902910604 Gale, C. M., Eikeseth, S., & Rudrud, E. (2011). Functional assessment and behavioural intervention for eating difculties in children with autism: A study conducted in the natural environment using parents and ABA tutors as therapists. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(10), 1383-1396. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1167-8 Grow, L. L., Kelley, M. E., Roane, H. S., & Shillingsburg, M. A. (2008). Utility of extinction-induced response variability for the selection of mands. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(1), 15-24. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-15 Hagopian, L. P., Kuhn, S. A. C., Long, E. S., & Rush, K. S. (2005). Schedule thinning following communication training: Using competing stimuli to enhance tolerance to decrements in reinforcer density. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 177-193. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2005.43-04
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Kuhn, D. E., Hardesty, S. L., & Sweeney, N. M. (2009). Assessment and treatment of excessive straightening and destructive behavior in an adolescent diagnosed with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(2), 355-360. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-355 Lalli, J. S., Casey, S., & Kates, K. (1995). Reducing escape behavior and increasing task completion with functional communication training, extinction and response chaining. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28(3), 261-268. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1995.28-261 Mace, F. C., Pratt, J. L., Prager, K. L., & Pritchard, D. (2011). An evaluation of three methods of saying no to avoid an escalating response class hierarchy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(1), 83-94. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-83 Patel, M. R., Piazza, C. C., Kelly, M. L., Ochsner, C. A., & Santana, C. M. (2001). Using a fading procedure to increase uid consumption in a child with feeding problems. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34(3), 357-360. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-357 Thompson, R. H., Fisher, W. W., Piazza, C. C., & Kuhn, D. E. (1998). The evaluation and treatment of aggression maintained by attention and automatic reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31(1), 103-116. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1998.31-103 Valentino, A. L., Shillingsburg, M. A., Call, N. A., Burton, B., & Bowen, C. N. (2011). An investigation of extinction-induced vocalizations. Behavior Modication, 35, 284-298. doi: 10.1177/0145445511398412 Waters, M. B., Lerman, D. C., & Hovanetz, A. N. (2009). Separate and combined effects of visual schedules and extinction plus differential reinforcement on problem behavior occasioned by transitions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(2), 309-313. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-309
EXTINCTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fleury, V. P. (2013). Extinction (EXT) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Sullivan, L., & Bogin, J. (2010). Overview of extinction. Sacramento: University of California at Davis School of Medicine, M.I.N.D. Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Functional Behavior Assessment Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Functional behavior assessment (FBA) is a systematic way of determining the underlying communicative function or purpose of a behavior so that an effective intervention plan can be developed. FBA consists of describing the interfering or problem behavior, identifying antecedent and consequent events that control the behavior, developing a hypothesis of the function of the behavior, and testing the hypothesis. Data collection is an important part of the FBA process. FBA is typically used to identify the causes of interfering behaviors such as self-injury, aggression towards others, or destructive behaviors and is usually followed by the creation and implementation of a behavior package to address the interfering behavior described.
Qualifying Evidence
FBA meets evidence-based criteria with 10 single case design studies.

Ages
Outcomes
FBA can be used effectively to address communication, behavior, school-readiness, academic, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Blair, K. C., Lee, I., Cho, S., & Dunlap, G. (2011). Positive behavior support through family-school collaboration for young children with autism. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 31, 22-36. doi: 10.1177/0271121410377510 Blair, K. S. C., Umbreit, J., Dunlap, G., & Jung, G. (2007). Promoting inclusion and peer participation through assessment-based intervention. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 27(3), 134-147. doi: 10.1177/02711214070270030401 Clarke, S., Worcester, J., Dunlap, G., Murray, M., & Bradley-Klug, K. (2002). Using multiple measures to evaluate positive behavior support: A case example. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 4(3), 131-145. doi: 10.1177/10983007020040030201 Devlin, S., Leader, G., & Healy, O. (2009). Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of self-injurious behavior. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3(1), 223231. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.06.004
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Dunlap, G., & Fox, L. (1999). A demonstration of behavioral support for young children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 1(2), 77-87. doi: 10.1177/109830079900100202 Kodak, T., Fisher, W. W., Clements, A., Paden, A. R., & Dickes, N. R. (2011). Functional assessment of instructional variables: Linking assessment and treatment. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(3), 1059-1077. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.11.012 Lucyshyn, J. M., Albin, R. W., Horner, R. H., Mann, J. C., Mann, J. A., & Wadsworth, G. (2007). Family implementation of positive behavior support for a child with autism: Longitudinal, single-case, experimental, and descriptive replication and extension. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9, 131-150. doi: 10.1177/10983007070090030201 McComas, J., Hoch, H., Paone, D., & El-Roy, D. (2000). Escape behavior during academic tasks: A preliminary analysis of idiosyncratic establishing operations. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33(4), 479-493. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-479 OReilly, M. F., Edrisinha, C., Sigafoos, J., Lancioni, G., & Andrews, A. (2006). Isolating the evocative and abative effects of an establishing operation on challenging behavior. Behavioral Interventions, 21(3), 195-204. doi: 10.1002/bin.215 Roberts-Gwinn, M. M., Luiten, L., Derby, K. M., Johnson, T. A., & Weber, K. (2001). Identication of competing reinforcers for behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 3(2), 83-87. doi: 10.1177/109830070100300204
FUNCTIONaL BEHaVIOR ASSESSMENT FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fettig, A. (2013). Functional behavior assessment (FBA) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Collet-Klingenberg, L. (2008). Overview of functional behavior assessment. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Functional Communication Training Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Functional communication training (FCT) is a systematic practice to replace inappropriate behavior or subtle communicative acts with more appropriate and effective communicative behaviors or skills. FCT is preceded by an FBA to identify the function of an interfering behavior followed by teaching an appropriate communication skill that may serve the same purpose for the learner with ASD. FCT often includes differential reinforcement procedure in which an individual is taught an alternative response that results in the same class of reinforcement identied as maintaining problem behavior. Problem behavior is typically placed on extinction. The distinct component of FCT is that the alternative response is a recognizable form of communication (e.g., a vocalization, manual sign, Picture Exchange Communication System). FCT usually includes functional behavior assessment, differential reinforcement of alternative behavior, and extinction.
Qualifying Evidence
FCT meets evidence-based criteria with 12 single case design studies.

Ages
Outcomes
FCT can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, play, school-readiness, and adaptive outcomes.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Brown, K. A., Wacker, D. P., Derby, K. M., Peck, S. M., Richman, D. M., Sasso, G. M., ... Harding, J. W. (2000). Evaluating the effects of functional communication training in the presence and absence of establishing operations. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33(1), 53-71. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-53 Buckley, S. D., & Newchok, D. K. (2005). Differential impact of response effort within a response chain on use of mands in a student with autism. Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 26(1), 77-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2004.07.004 Casey, S. D., & Merical, C. L. (2006). The use of functional communication training without additional treatment procedures in an inclusive school setting. Behavioral Disorders, 32(1), 46-54. Falcomata, T. S., Roane, H. S., Feeney, B. J., & Stephenson, K. M. (2010). Assessment and treatment of elopement maintained by access to stereotypy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43(3), 513-517. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-513
Fisher, W. W., Kuhn, D. E., & Thompson, R. H. (1998). Establishing discriminative control of responding using functional and alternative reinforcers during functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31(4), 543-560. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1998.31-543 Gibson, J. L., Pennington, R. C., Stenhoff, D. M., & Hopper, J. S. (2010). Using desktop videoconferencing to deliver interventions to a preschool student with autism. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 29(4), 214-225. doi: 10.1177/0271121409352873 Kuhn, D. E., Hardesty, S. L., & Sweeney, N. M. (2009). Assessment and treatment of excessive straightening and destructive behavior in an adolescent diagnosed with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(2), 355-360. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-355 Mancil, G. R., Conroy, M. A., Nakao, T., & Alter, P. J. (2006). Functional communication training in the natural environment: A pilot investigation with a young child with autism spectrum disorder. Education and Treatment of Children, 29(4), 615-633. Olive, M. L., Lang, R. B., & Davis, T. N. (2008). An analysis of the effects of functional communication and a voice output communication aid for a child with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2(2), 223-236. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.06.002 Schindler, H. R., & Horner, R. H. (2005). Generalized reduction of problem behavior of young children with autism: Building trans-situational interventions. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110(1), 36-47. Tiger, J. H., Fisher, W. W., Toussaint, K. A., & Kodak, T. (2009). Progressing from initially ambiguous functional analyses: Three case examples. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 30(5), 910-926. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2099.01.005 Volkert, V. M., Lerman, D. C., Call, N. A., & TrosclairLasserre, N. (2009). An evaluation of resurgence during treatment with functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(1), 145160. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-145
FUNCTIONaL COMMUNICaTION TRaINING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fettig, A. (2013). Functional communication training (FCT) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Franzone, E. (2009). Overview of functional communication training (FCT). Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Modeling Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Modeling (MD) involves the demonstration of a desired target behavior that results in imitation of the behavior by the learner and that leads to the acquisition of the imitated behavior. MD is often combined with other strategies such as prompting and reinforcement.
Qualifying Evidence
MD meets evidence-based criteria with 1 group design and 4 single case design studies.
Ages
Outcomes
MD can be used effectively to address social, communication, joint attention, play, school-readiness, academic, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Charlop-Christy, M. H., Le, L., & Freeman, K. A. (2000). A comparison of video modeling with in vivo modeling for teaching children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(6), 537-552. doi: 10.1023/A:1005635326276 Landa, R. J., Holman, K. C., ONeill, A. H., & Stuart, E. A. (2011). Intervention targeting development of socially synchronous engagement in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(1), 13-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02288.x Matson, J. L., Box, M. L., & Francis, K. L. (1992). Treatment of elective mute behavior in two developmentally delayed children using modeling and contingency management. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 23(3), 221-229. doi: 10.1016/0005-7916(92)90039-L Rigsby-Eldredge, M., & McLaughlin, T. F. (1992). The effects of modeling and praise on self-initiated behavior across settings with two adolescent students with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 4(3), 205-218. doi: 10.1007/BF01046965 Schrandt, J. A., Townsend, D. B., & Poulson, C. L. (2009). Teaching empathy skills to children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(1), 17-32. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-17
MODELING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Cox, A. W. (2013) Modeling fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Naturalistic Intervention Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Naturalistic intervention (NI) is a collection of practices including environmental arrangement, interaction techniques, and strategies based on applied behavior analysis principles. These practices are designed to encourage specic target behaviors based on learners interests by building more complex skills that are naturally reinforcing and appropriate to the interaction. Naturalistic intervention occurs within typical settings, activities, and/or routines in which the learner participates.
Qualifying Evidence
NI meets evidence-based criteria with 10 single case design studies.

Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for toddlers (0-2 years) to elementary school-age learners (6-11 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
NI can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, and academic skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Hancock, T. B., & Kaiser, A. P. (2002). The effects of trainer-implemented enhanced milieu teaching on the social communication of children with autism. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 22(1), 39-54. doi: 10.1177/027112140202200104 Ingersoll, B., Dvortcsak, A., Whalen, C., & Sikora, D. (2005). The effects of a developmental, socialPragmatic language intervention on rate of expressive language production in young children with autistic spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 20(4), 213-222. doi: 10.1177/10883576050200040301 Koegel, L. K., Carter, C. M., & Koegel, R. L. (2003). Teaching children with autism self-initiations as a pivotal response. Topics in Language Disorders, 23(2), 134-145. doi: 10.1097/00011363-200304000-00006 Koegel, R. L., Camarata, S., Koegel, L. K., Ben-Tall, A., & Smith, A. E. (1998). Increasing speech intelligibility in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28(3), 241-251. doi: 10.1023/A:1026073522897 Koegel, R. L., Koegel, L. K., & Surratt, A. (1992). Language intervention and disruptive behavior in preschool children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 22(2), 141-153. doi: 10.1007/BF01058147
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Kohler, F. W., Anthony, L. J., Steighner, S. A., & Hoyson, M. (2001). Teaching social interaction skills in the integrated preschool an examination of naturalistic tactics. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 21(2), 93-103. doi: 10.1177/027112140102100203 McGee, G. G., & Daly, T. (2007). Incidental teaching of age-appropriate social phrases to children with autism. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 32(2), 112-123. doi: 10.2511/rpsd.32.2.112 Olive, M. L., De la Cruz, B., Davis, T. N., Chan, J. M., Lang, R. B., OReilly, M. F., & Dickson, S. M. (2007). The effects of enhanced milieu teaching and a voice output communication aid on the requesting of three children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1505-1513. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0243-6 Seiverling, L., Pantelides, M., Ruiz, H. H., & Sturmey, P. (2010). The effect of behavioral skills training with generalcase training on staff chaining of child vocalizations within natural language paradigm. Behavioral Interventions, 25(1), 53-75. doi: 10.1002/bin.293 Whalen, C., & Schreibman, L. (2003). Joint attention training for children with autism using behavior modication procedures. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44(3), 456-468. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00135
NaTURaLISTIC INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Wong, C. (2013). Naturalistic intervention (NI) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Franzone, E. (2009). Overview of naturalistic intervention. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Parent-Implemented Intervention Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Parent-implemented intervention (PII) includes programs in which parents are responsible for carrying out some or all of the intervention(s) with their own child. Parents are trained by professionals one-on-one or in group formats in home or community settings. Methods for training parents vary, but may include didactic instruction, discussions, modeling, coaching, or performance feedback. Parents may be trained to teach their child new skills, such as communication, play or self-help, and/or to decrease challenging behavior. Once parents are trained, they proceed to implement all or part of the intervention(s) with their child.
Qualifying Evidence
PII meets evidence-based criteria with 8 group design and 12 single case design studies.
Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for toddlers (0-2 years) to elementary school-age learners (6-11 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
PII can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, cognitive, school-readiness, academic, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Aldred, C., Green, J., & Adams, C. (2004). A new social communication intervention for children with autism: Pilot randomised controlled treatment study suggesting effectiveness. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45(8), 1420-1430. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00338.x Green, J., Charman, T., McConachie, H., Aldred, C., Slonims, V., Howlin, P., ... Pickles, A. (2010). Parent-mediated communication-focused treatment in children with autism (PACT): A randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 375(9732), 2152-2160. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60587-9 Hsieh, H. H., Wilder, D. A., & Abellon, O. E. (2011). The effects of training on caregiver implementation of incidental teaching. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(1), 199-203. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-199 Jocelyn, L. J., Casiro, O. G., Beattie, D., Bow, J., & Kneisz, J. (1998). Treatment of children with autism: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate a caregiver-based intervention program in community day-care centers. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 19(5), 326-334. doi: 10.1097/00004703-199810000-00002 Kaiser, A. P., Hancock, T. B., & Nietfeld, J. P. (2000). The effects of parent-implemented enhanced milieu teaching on the social communication of children who have autism. Early Education and Development, 11(4), 423-446. doi: 10.1207/s15566935eed1104_4 Kasari, C., Gulsrud, A. C., Wong, C., Kwon, S., & Locke, J. (2010). Randomized controlled caregiver mediated joint engagement intervention for toddlers with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(9), 1045-1056. doi: 0.1007/s10803-010-0955-5
Kashinath, S., Woods, J., & Goldstein, H. (2006). Enhancing generalized teaching strategy use in daily routines by parents of children with autism. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 49(3), 466-485. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/036) Krantz, P. J., MacDuff, M. T., & McClannahan, L. E. (1993). Programming participation in family activities for children with autism: Parents use of photographic activity schedules. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26(1), 137-138. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-137 Moran, D. R., & Whitman, T. L. (1991). Developing generalized teaching skills in mothers of autistic children. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 13(1), 13-37. doi: 10.1300/J019v13n01_02 Najdowski, A. C., Wallace, M. D., Reagon, K., Penrod, B., Higbee, T. S., & Tarbox, J. (2010). Utilizing a homebased parent training approach in the treatment of food selectivity. Behavioral Interventions, 25(2), 89-107. doi: 10.1002/bin.298 Reagon, K. A., & Higbee, T. S. (2009). Parentimplemented script fading to promote play-based verbal initiations in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(3), 659-664. doi: 10.1901/ jaba.2009.42-659 Rickards, A. L., Walstab, J. E., Wright-Rossi, R. A., Simpson, J., & Reddihough, D. S. (2007). A randomized, controlled trial of a home-based intervention program for children with autism and developmental delay. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 28(4), 308-316. doi: 10.1097/ DBP.0b013e318032792e Rocha, M. L., Schreibman, L., & Stahmer, A. C. (2007). Effectiveness of training parents to teach joint attention in children with autism. Journal of Early Intervention, 29(2), 154-172. doi: 10.1177/105381510702900207 Schertz, H. H., & Odom, S. L. (2007). Promoting joint attention in toddlers with autism: A parent-mediated developmental model. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(8), 1562-1575. doi: 10.1007/ s10803-006-0290-z Sofronoff, K., Jahnel, D., & Sanders, M. (2011). Stepping Stones Triple P seminars for parents of a child with a disability: A randomized controlled trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32(6), 2253-2262. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.046 Stahmer, A. C., & Gist, K. (2001). The effects of an accelerated parent education program on technique mastery and child outcome. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 3(2), 75-82. doi: 10.1177/109830070100300203 Stiebel, D. (1999). Promoting augmentative communication during daily routines: A parent problemsolving intervention. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 1(3), 159-169. doi: 10.1177/109830079900100304 Symon, J. B. (2005). Expanding interventions for children with autism parents as trainers. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 7(3), 159-173. doi: 10.1177/10983007050070030501 Tarbox, J., Wallace, M. D., & Tarbox, R. S. (2002). Successful generalized parent training and failed schedule thinning of response blocking for automatically maintained object mouthing. Behavioral Interventions, 17(3), 169-178. doi: 10.1002/bin.116 Whittingham, K., Sofronoff, K., Shefeld, J., & Sanders, M. R. (2009). Stepping Stones Triple P: An RCT of a parenting program with parents of a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37(4), 469-480. doi: 10.1007/s10802-008-9285-x
PaRENT-IMPLEMENTED INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Schultz, T. R. (2013). Parent-implemented intervention (PII) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Hendricks, D. R. (2009). Overview of parent-implemented intervention. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Peer-Mediated Instruction and Intervention Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Peer-mediated instruction and intervention (PMII) is used to teach typically developing peers ways to interact with and help learners with ASD acquire new behavior, communication, and social skills by increasing social opportunities within natural environments. With PMII, peers are systematically taught ways of engaging learners with ASD in social interactions in both teacherdirected and learner-initiated activities. Peers are paired or placed in cooperative learning groups that include at least one learner with ASD. PMII is a useful strategy for promoting positive transitions across settings.
Qualifying Evidence
PMII meets evidence-based criteria with 15 single case design studies.

Ages
Outcomes
PMII can be used effectively to address social, communication, joint attention, play, school-readiness, and academic skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Carr, E. J. & Darcy, M. (1990). Setting generality of peer modeling in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 20(1), 45-59. doi: 10.1007/BF02206856 Carter, E. W., Cushing, L. S., Clark, N. M., & Kennedy, C. H. (2005). Effects of peer support interventions on students access to the general curriculum and social interactions. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 30(1), 15-25. doi: 10.2511/rpsd.30.1.15 Kamps, D. M., Barbetta, P. M., Leonard, B. R., & Delquadri, J. (1994). Classwide peer tutoring: An integration strategy to improve reading skills and promote peer interactions among students with autism and general education peers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27(1), 49-61. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-49 Kamps, D. M., Potucek, J., Lopez, A. G., Kravits, T., & Kemmerer, K. (1997). The use of peer networks across multiple settings to improve social interaction for students with autism. Journal of Behavioral Education, 7(3), 335-357. doi: 10.1023/A:1022879607019 Kohler, F. W., Strain, P. S., Maretsky, S., & DeCesare, L. (1990). Promoting positive and supportive interactions between preschoolers: An analysis of group-oriented contingencies. Journal of Early Intervention, 14(4), 327-341. doi: 10.1177/105381519001400404
Laushey, K. M., & Hein, L. J. (2000). Enhancing social skills of kindergarten children with autism through the training of multiple peers as tutors. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(3), 183193. doi: 10.1023/A:1005558101038 Lee, S., Odom, S. L., & Loftin, R. (2007). Social engagement with peers and stereotypic behavior of children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9(2), 67-79. doi: 10.1177/10983007070090020401 Mundschenk, N. A., & Sasso, G. M. (1995). Assessing sufcient social exemplars for students with autism. Behavioral Disorders, 21(1), 62-78. Nelson, C., McDonnell, A. P., Johnston, S. S., Crompton, A., & Nelson, A. R. (2007). Keys to play: A strategy to increase the social interactions of young children with autism and their typically developing peers. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 42(2), 165-181. Odom, S. L. (1991). Reducing teacher prompts in peer-mediated interventions for young children with autism. The Journal of Special Education, 25(1), 26-43. doi: 10.1177/002246699102500103 Owen-DeSchryver, J. S., Carr, E. G., Cale, S. I., & Blakeley-Smith, A. (2008). Promoting social interactions between students with autism spectrum disorders and their peers in inclusive school settings. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 23(1), 15-28. doi: 10.1177/1088357608314370 Petursdottir, A. L., McComas, J., McMaster, K., & Horner, K. (2007). The effects of scripted peer tutoring and programming common stimuli on social interactions of a student with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(2), 353-357. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.160-05 Sainato, D. M., Goldstein, H., & Strain, P. S. (1992). Effects of selfevaluation on preschool childrens use of social interaction strategies with their classmates with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25(1), 127-141. Sasso, G. M., Mundschenk, N. A., Melloy, K. J., & Casey, S. D. (1998). A comparison of the effects of organismic and setting variables on the social interaction behavior of children with developmental disabilities and autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 13(1), 2-16. Trembath, D., Balandin, S., Togher, L., & Stancliffe, R. J. (2009). Peer-mediated teaching and augmentative and alternative communication for preschool-aged children with autism. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 34(2), 173-186. doi: 10.1080/13668250902845210
PEER-MEDIaTED INSTRUCTION aND INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fettig, A. (2013). Peer-mediated instruction and intervention (PMII) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Neitzel, J. (2008). Overview of peer-mediated instruction and intervention for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Picture Exchange Communication System Fact Sheet
Brief Description
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is used to teach learners to communicate in a social context. Using PECS, learners are initially taught to give a picture of a desired item to a communicative partner in exchange for the item. There are six phases of PECS instruction: (1) how to communicate, (2) distance and persistence, (3) picture discrimination, (4) sentence structure, (5) responsive requesting, and (6) commenting.
Qualifying Evidence
PECS meets evidence-based criteria with 2 group design and 4 single case design studies.
Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for preschoolers (3-5 years) to middle school-age learners (12-14 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
PECS can be used effectively to address social, communication, and joint attention skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Ali, E., MacFarland, S. Z., & Umbreit, J. (2011). Effectiveness of combining tangible symbols with the Picture Exchange Communication System to teach requesting skills to children with multiple disabilities including visual impairment. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(3), 425-435. Angermeier, K., Schlosser, R. W., Luiselli, J. K., Harrington, C., & Carter, B. (2008). Effects of iconicity on requesting with the Picture Exchange Communication System in children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2(3), 430-446. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.09.004 Carr, D., & Felce, J. (2007). The effects of PECS teaching to Phase III on the communicative interactions between children with autism and their teachers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(4), 724-737. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0203-1 Dogoe, M. S., Banda, D. R., & Lock, R. H. (2010). Acquisition and generalization of the Picture Exchange Communication System behaviors across settings, persons, and stimulus classes with three students with autism. Education and Training in Autism and Development Disabilities, 45(2), 216-229. Howlin, P., Gordon, R. K., Pasco, G., Wade, A., & Charman, T. (2007). The effectiveness of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) training for teachers of children with autism: A pragmatic, group randomised controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(5), 473-481. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01707.x
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Jurgens, A., Anderson, A., & Moore, D. W. (2009). The effect of teaching PECS to a child with autism on verbal behaviour, play, and social functioning. Behaviour Change, 26(1), 66-81. doi: 10.1375/bech.26.1.66
PICTURE EXCHaNGE COMMUNICaTION SYSTEM FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Wong, C. (2013). Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Collet-Klingenberg, L. (2008). Overview of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Pivotal Response Training Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Pivotal response training (PRT) is a naturalistic intervention based on the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) to teach learners with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). PRT builds on learner initiative and interests, and is particularly effective for developing communication, language, play, and social behaviors. PRT was developed to create a more efcient and effective intervention by enhancing pivotal learning variables: motivation, responding to multiple cues, self-management, and self-initiations of social interactions. According to theory, these skills are pivotal because they are the foundational skills upon which learners with ASD can make widespread and generalized improvements in many other areas. Key procedures include child choice, reinforcement of attempts, incorporation of maintenance tasks, and direct/natural reinforcers contingent on appropriate behavior.
Qualifying Evidence
PRT meets evidence-based criteria with 1 group design and 7 single case design studies.
Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for toddlers (0-2 years) to middle school-age learners (12-14 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
PRT can be used effectively to address social, communication, joint attention, and play skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Harper, C. B., Symon, J. B., & Frea, W. D. (2008). Recess is time-in: Using peers to improve social skills of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(5), 815-826. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0449-2 Koegel, R. L., & Frea, W. D. (1993). Treatment of social behavior in autism through the modication of pivotal social skills. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26(3), 369-377. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-369 Kuhn, L. R., Bodkin, A. E., Devlin, S. D., & Doggett, R. A. (2008). Using pivotal response training with peers in special education to facilitate play in two children with autism. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 43(1), 37-45. Nefdt, N., Koegel, R., Singer, G., & Gerber, M. (2010). The use of a self-directed learning program to provide introductory training in pivotal response treatment to parents of children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 12(1), 23-32. doi: 10.1177/1098300709334796
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Pierce, K., & Schreibman, L. (1997). Multiple peer use of pivotal response training to increase social behaviors of classmates with autism: Results from trained and untrained peers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30(1), 157-160. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-157 Robinson, S. E. (2011). Teaching paraprofessionals of students with autism to implement pivotal response treatment in inclusive school settings using a brief video feedback training package. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 26, 105-118. doi: 10.1177/1088357611407063 Stahmer, A. C. (1995). Teaching symbolic play skills to children with autism using pivotal response training. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25(2), 123-141. doi: 10.1007/BF02178500
PIVOTaL RESPONSE TRaINING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Wong, C. (2013). Pivotal response training (PRT) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Vismara, L. A., & Bogin, J. (2009). Overview of pivotal response training. Sacramento: University of California at Davis School of Medicine, M.I.N.D. Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Prompting Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Prompting (PP) procedures include any help given to learners that assist them in using a specic skill. Verbal, gestural, or physical assistance is given to learners to assist them in acquiring or engaging in a targeted behavior or skill. Prompts are generally given by an adult or peer before or as a learner attempts to use a skill. These procedures are often used in conjunction with other evidence-based practices including time delay and reinforcement or are part of protocols for the use of other evidence-based practices such as pivotal response training, discrete trial teaching, and video modeling. Thus, prompting procedures are considered foundational to the use of many other evidence-based practices.
Qualifying Evidence
PP meets evidence-based criteria with 1 group design and 32 single case design studies.
Ages
Outcomes
PP can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, school-readiness, academic, motor, adaptive, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Akmanoglu, N., & Batu, S. (2004). Teaching pointing to numerals to individuals with autism using simultaneous prompting. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 39(4), 326-336. Anderson, J., & Le, D. D. (2011). Abatement of intractable vocal stereotypy using an overcorrection procedure. Behavioral Interventions, 26(2), 134-146. doi: 10.1002/bin.326 Barton, E. E., & Wolery, M. (2010). Training teachers to promote pretend play in young children with disabilities. Exceptional Children, 77(1), 85-106. Batchelder, A., McLaughlin, T. F., Weber, K. P., Derby, K. M., & Gow, T. (2009). The effects of hand-over-hand and a dot-to-dot tracing procedure on teaching an autistic student to write his name. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 21(2), 131-138. doi: 10.1007/s10882-009-9131-2 Birkan, B., McClannahan, L. E., & Krantz, P. J. (2007). Effects of superimposition and background fading on the sight-word reading of a boy with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1(2), 117-125. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.08.003 Bouxsein, K. J., Tiger, J. H., & Fisher, W. W. (2008). A comparison of general and specic instructions to promote task engagement and completion by a young man with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(1), 113-116. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-113
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Cihak, D. F., & Grim, J. (2008). Teaching students with autism spectrum disorder and moderate intellectual disabilities to use counting-on strategies to enhance independent purchasing skills. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2(4), 716-727. Coe, D., Matson, J., Fee, V., Manikam, R., & Linarello, C. (1990). Training nonverbal and verbal play skills to mentally retarded and autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 20(2), 177187. doi: 10.1007/BF02284717 Endicott, K., & Higbee, T. S. (2007). Contriving motivating operations to evoke mands for information in preschoolers with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1(3), 210-217. doi: 10.1016/rasd.2006.10.003 Fischer, J. L., Howard, J. S., Sparkman, C. R., & Moore, A. G. (2010). Establishing generalized syntactical responding in young children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4(1), 76-88. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.07.009 Groskreutz, N. C., Groskreutz, M. P., & Higbee, T. S. (2011). Effects of varied levels of treatment integrity on appropriate toy manipulation in children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(4), 1358-1369. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.01.018 Hadwin, J., Baron-Cohen, S., Howlin, P., & Hill, K. (1996). Can we teach children with autism to understand emotions, belief, or pretence? Development and Psychopathology, 8(2), 345-365. doi: 10.1017/S0954579400007136 Harris, S. L., Handleman, J. S., & Alessandri, M. (1990). Teaching youths with autism to offer assistance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23(3), 297-305. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1990.23-297 Ingvarsson, E. T., & Hollobaugh, T. (2011). A comparison of prompting tactics to establish intraverbals in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(3), 659-664. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-659 Ingvarsson, E. T., & Le, D. D. (2011). Further evaluation of prompting tactics for establishing intraverbal responding in children with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 27(1), 75-93. Koegel, R. L., Shirotova, L., & Koegel, L. K. (2009). Brief report: Using individualized orienting cues to facilitate rst-word acquisition in non-responders with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(11), 1587-1592. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0765-9 Leaf, J. B., Sheldon, J. B., & Sherman, J. A. (2010). Comparison of simultaneous prompting and no-no prompting in two-choice discrimination learning with children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43(2), 215-228. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-215 Montgomery, J., Storey, K., Post, M., & Lemley, J. (2011). The use of auditory prompting systems for increasing independent performance of students with autism in employment training. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 34(4), 330-335. doi: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e32834a8fa8 Ostryn, C., & Wolfe, P. S. (2011). Teaching children with autism to ask whats that? using a picture communication with vocal results. Infants & Young Children, 24(2), 174-192. doi: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e31820d95ff Reichle, J., Dropik, P. L., Alden-Anderson, E., & Haley, T. (2008). Teaching a young child with autism to request assistance conditionally: A preliminary study. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17(3), 231-240. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2008/022) Shabani, D. B., Katz, R. C., Wilder, D. A., Beauchamp, K., Taylor, C. R., & Fischer, K. J. (2002). Increasing social initiations in children with autism: Effects of a tactile prompt. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35(1), 79-83. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-79
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Shillingsburg, M. A., Valentino, A. L., Bowen, C. N., Bradley, D., & Zavatkay, D. (2011). Teaching children with autism to request information. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 670-679. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.08.004 Symons, F., & Davis, M. (1994). Instructional conditions and stereotyped behavior: The function of prompts. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 25(4), 317-324. doi: 10.1016/0005-7916(94)90040-X Tarbox, J., Zuckerman, C. K., Bishop, M. R., Olive, M. L., & OHora, D. P. (2011). Rule-governed behavior: Teaching a preliminary repertoire of rule-following to children with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 27(1), 125-139. Taylor, B. A., & Hoch, H. (2008). Teaching children with autism to respond to and initiate bids for joint attention. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(3), 377-391. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-377 Thomas, B. R., Lafasakis, M., & Sturmey, P. (2010). The effects of prompting, fading, and differential reinforcement on vocal mands in non-verbal preschool children with autism spectrum disorders. Behavioral Interventions, 25(2), 157-168. doi: 10.1002/bin.300 Twarek, M., Cihon, T., & Eshleman, J. (2010). The effects of uent levels of Big 6+ 6 skill elements on functional motor skills with children with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 25(4), 275-293. doi: 10.1002/bin.317 Vedora, J., Meunier, L., & Mackay, H. (2009). Teaching intraverbal behavior to children with autism: A comparison of textual and echoic prompts. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 25(1), 79-86. Whalon, K., & Hanline, M. F. (2008). Effects of a reciprocal questioning intervention on the question generation and responding of children with autism spectrum disorder. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 43(3), 367-387. Williams, G., Donley, C. R., & Keller, J. W. (2000). Teaching children with autism to ask questions about hidden objects. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33(4), 627-630. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-627 Yanardag, M., Birkan, B., Ylmaz, I., Konukman, F. K., A gbu ga, B., & Lieberman, L. (2011). The effects of least-to-most prompting procedure in teaching basic tennis skills to children with autism. Kineziologija, 43(1), 44-55. Yi, J. I., Christian, L., Vittimberga, G., & Lowenkron, B. (2006). Generalized negatively reinforced manding in children with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 22(1), 21-33. Ylmaz, I., Konukman, F., Birkan, B., & Yanardag, M. (2010). Effects of most to least prompting on teaching simple progression swimming skill for children with autism. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 45, 440-448.
PROMPTING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Cox, A. W. (2013) Prompting (PP) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Neitzel, J., & Wolery, M. (2009). Overview of prompting. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Reinforcement Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Reinforcement (R+) is used to teach new skills and to increase behavior. Reinforcement establishes the relationship between the learners behavior/use of skill and the consequence of that behavior/skill. This relationship is only reinforcing if the consequence increases the likelihood that the learner performs that behavior/skill. Reinforcement can be positive or negative. Positive reinforcement is the delivery of a reinforcer (i.e., something that the learner desires which may be tangible, edible, activity-based, interest-based, and so on) after the learner does the target skill or behavior. Positive reinforcement can also be implemented in the format of a token economy program. Token economy programs systematically give learners access to tokens when targeted behaviors/skills are used. These tokens are exchanged for desired objects or activities that reinforce the learners use of that behavior/skill. Negative reinforcement is the removal of an object or activity that the learner does not want (e.g., taking a break after nishing a set of math problems) when the learner does the identied behavior or skill. Reinforcement is a foundational evidencebased practice in that it is almost always used in conjunction with other evidence-based practices (e.g., prompting, pivotal response training, discrete trial teaching, functional communication training).
Qualifying Evidence
R+ meets evidence-based criteria with 43 single case design studies.

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Outcomes
R+ can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, cognitive, school-readiness, academic, motor, adaptive, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Athens, E. S., Vollmer, T. R., Sloman, K. N., & Pipkin, C. S. P. (2008). An analysis of vocal stereotypy and therapist fading. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(2), 291-297. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-291 Baltruschat, L., Hasselhorn, M., Tarbox, J., Dixon, D. R., Najdowski, A. C., Mullins, R. D., & Gould, E. R. (2011). Addressing working memory in children with autism through behavioral intervention. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 267-276. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.04.008
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Baltruschat, L., Hasselhorn, M., Tarbox, J., Dixon, D. R., Najdowski, A. C., Mullins, R. D., & Gould, E. R. (2011). Further analysis of the effects of positive reinforcement on working memory in children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(2), 855-863. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.09.015 Bartlett, S. M., Rapp, J. T., Krueger, T. K., & Henrickson, M. L. (2011). The use of response cost to treat spitting by a child with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 26(1), 76-83. doi: 10.1002/bin.322 Buckley, S. D., & Newchok, D. K. (2006). Analysis and treatment of problem behavior evoked by music. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39(1), 141-144. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2006.120-04 Charlop, M. H., Kurtz, P. F., & Casey, F. G. (1990). Using aberrant behaviors as reinforcers for autistic children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23(2), 163-181. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1990.23-163 Charlop-Christy, M. H., & Haymes, L. K. (1998). Using objects of obsession as token reinforcers for children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28(3), 189-198. doi: 10.1023/A:1026061220171 DeLeon, I. G., Anders, B. M., Rodriguez-Catter, V., & Neidert, P. L. (2000). The effects of noncontingent access to single-versus multiple-stimulus sets on self-injurious behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33(4), 623-626. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-623 Esch, B. E., Carr, J. E., & Grow, L. L. (2009). Evaluation of an enhanced stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure to increase early vocalizations of children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(2), 225-241. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-225 Falcomata, T. S., Roane, H. S., Hovanetz, A. N., Kettering, T. L., & Keeney, K. M. (2004). An evaluation of response cost in the treatment of inappropriate vocalizations maintained by automatic reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37(1), 83-87. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-83 Graff, R. B., & Larsen, J. (2011). The relation between obtained preference value and reinforcer potency. Behavioral Interventions, 26(2), 125-133. doi: 10.1002/bin.325 Graff, R. B., & Libby, M. E. (1999). A comparison of presession and within-session reinforcement choice. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 32(2), 161-173. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1999.32-161 Groskreutz, M. P., Groskreutz, N. C., & Higbee, T. S. (2011). Response competition and stimulus preference in the treatment of automatically reinforced behavior: A comparison. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(1), 211-215. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-211 Hagopian, L. P., Bruzek, J. L., Bowman, L. G., & Jennett, H. K. (2007). Assessment and treatment of problem behavior occasioned by interruption of free-operant behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(1), 89-103. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.63-05 Hagopian, L. P., Farrell, D. A., & Amari, A. (1996). Treating total liquid refusal with backward chaining and fading. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29(4), 573-575. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-573 Hagopian, L. P., Fisher, W. W., & Legacy, S. M. (1994). Schedule effects of noncontingent reinforcement on attention-maintained destructive behavior in identical quadruplets. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27(2), 317-325. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-317 Harchik, A. E., Harchik, A. J., Luce, S. C., & Sherman, J. A. (1990). Teaching autistic and severely handicapped children to recruit praise: Acquisition and generalization. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 11(1), 77-95. doi: 10.1016/0891-4222(90)90006-T Higbee, T. S., Carr, J. E., & Patel, M. R. (2002). The effects of interpolated reinforcement on resistance to extinction in children diagnosed with autism: A preliminary investigation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 23(1), 61-78. doi: 10.1016/S0891-4222(01)00092-0 Hoch, H., McComas, J. J., Johnson, L., Faranda, N., & Guenther, S. L. (2002). The effects of magnitude and quality of reinforcement on choice responding during play activities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35(2), 171-181. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-171
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Hoch, H., McComas, J. J., Thompson, A. L., & Paone, D. (2002). Concurrent reinforcement schedules: Behavior change and maintenance without extinction. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35(2), 155-169. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-155 Hoch, H., Taylor, B. A., & Rodriguez, A. (2009). Teaching teenagers with autism to answer cell phones and seek assistance when lost. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 2(1), 14-20. Kern, L., Carberry, N., & Haidara, C. (1997). Analysis and intervention with two topographies of challenging behavior exhibited by a young woman with autism. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 18(4), 275-287. doi: 10.1016/S0891-4222(97)00009-7 Kern, L., & Marder, T. J. (1996). A comparison of simultaneous and delayed reinforcement as treatments for food selectivity. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29(2), 243-246. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-243 Koegel, L. K., Camarata, S. M., Valdez-Menchaca, M., & Koegel, R. L. (1997). Setting generalization of question-asking by children with autism. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 102(4), 346-357. doi: 10.1352/0895-8017(1998)102<0346:SGOQBC>2.0.CO;2 Kohler, F. W., Strain, P. S., Maretsky, S., & DeCesare, L. (1990). Promoting positive and supportive interactions between preschoolers: An analysis of group-oriented contingencies. Journal of Early Intervention, 14(4), 327-341. doi: 10.1177/105381519001400404 LeBlanc, L. A., Carr, J. E., Crossett, S. E., Bennett, C. M., & Detweiler, D. D. (2005). Intensive outpatient behavioral treatment of primary urinary incontinence of children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 20(2), 98-105. doi: 10.1177/10883576050200020601 Lee, R., & Sturmey, P. (2006). The effects of lag schedules and preferred materials on variable responding in students with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36(3), 421-428. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0080-7 Leung, J. P., & Wu, K. I. (1997). Teaching receptive naming of Chinese characters to children with autism by incorporating echolalia. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30(1), 59-68. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-59 Levin, L., & Carr, E. G. (2001). Food selectivity and problem behavior in children with developmental disabilities analysis and intervention. Behavior Modication, 25(3), 443-470. doi: 10.1177/0145445501253004 Machalicek, W., OReilly, M., Chan, J. M., Lang, R., Rispoli, M., Davis, T., ... Didden, R. (2009). Using videoconferencing to conduct functional analysis of challenging behavior and develop classroom behavioral support plans for students with autism. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 44(2), 207-217. McDonald, M. E., & Hemmes, N. S. (2003). Increases in social initiation toward an adolescent with autism: Reciprocity effects. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 24(6), 453-465. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.04.001 Milo, J. S., Mace, F. C., & Nevin, J. A. (2010). The effects of constant versus varied reinforcers on preference and resistance to change. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 93(3), 385-394. doi: 10.1901/jeab.2010.93-385 Newman, B. (2005). Self-management of initiations by students diagnosed with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 21(1), 117-122. Normand, M. P., & Beaulieu, L. (2011). Further evaluation of response-independent delivery of preferred stimuli and child compliance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(3), 665-669. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-665 Nuzzolo-Gomez, R., Leonard, M. A., Ortiz, E., Rivera, C. M., & Greer, R. D. (2002). Teaching children with autism to prefer books or toys over stereotypy or passivity. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 4(2), 80-87. doi: 10.1177/109830070200400203
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Piazza, C. C., Hanley, G. P., & Fisher, W. W. (1996). Functional analysis and treatment of cigarette pica. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29(4), 437-450. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-437 Reichle, J., Johnson, L., Monn, E., & Harris, M. (2010). Task engagement and escape maintained challenging behavior: Differential effects of general and explicit cues when implementing a signaled delay in the delivery of reinforcement. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(6), 709-720. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-0946-6 Sidener, T. M., Shabani, D. B., Carr, J. E., & Roland, J. P. (2006). An evaluation of strategies to maintain mands at practical levels. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 27(6), 632-644. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2005.08.002 Stevens, C., Sidener, T. M., Reeve, S. A., & Sidener, D. W. (2011). Effects of behavior-specic and general praise, on acquisition of tacts in children with pervasive developmental disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 666-669. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.08.003 Tarbox, R. S., Ghezzi, P. M., & Wilson, G. (2006). The effects of token reinforcement on attending in a young child with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 21(3), 155-164. doi: 10.1002/bin.213 Tsiouri, I., & Greer, R. D. (2007). The role of different social reinforcement contingencies in inducing echoic tacts through motor imitation responding in children with severe language delays. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 4(4), 629-647. Volkert, V. M., Vaz, P., Piazza, C. C., Frese, J., & Barnett, L. (2011). Using a ipped spoon to decrease packing in children with feeding disorders. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(3), 617-621. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-617 Young, J. M., Krantz, P. J., McClannahan, L. E., & Poulson, C. L. (1994). Generalized imitation and responseclass formation in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27(4), 685-697. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-685
REINfORCEMENT FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Kucharczyk, S. (2013). Reinforcement (R+) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Neitzel, J. (2009). Overview of reinforcement. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Response Interruption/Redirection Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Response interruption/redirection (RIR) involves the introduction of a prompt, comment, or other distractors when an interfering behavior is occurring that is designed to divert the learners attention away from the interfering behavior and results in its reduction. Specically, RIR is used predominantly to address behaviors that are repetitive, stereotypical, and/or self-injurious. RIR often is implemented after a functional behavior assessment (FBA) has been conducted to identify the function of the interfering behavior. RIR is particularly useful with persistent interfering behaviors that occur in the absence of other people, in a number of different settings, and during a variety of tasks. These behaviors often are not maintained by attention or escape. Instead, they are more likely maintained by sensory reinforcement and are often resistant to intervention attempts. RIR is particularly effective with sensory-maintained behaviors because learners are interrupted from engaging in interfering behaviors and redirected to more appropriate, alternative behaviors.
Qualifying Evidence
RIR meets evidence-based criteria with 10 single case design studies.

Ages
Outcomes
RIR can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, play, school-readiness, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Ahearn, W. H., Clark, K. M., MacDonald, R. P., & Chung, B. I. (2007). Assessing and treating vocal stereotypy in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(2), 263-275. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.30-06 Ahrens, E. N., Lerman, D. C., Kodak, T., Worsdell, A. S., & Keegan, C. (2011). Further evaluation of response interruption and redirection as treatment for stereotypy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(1), 95-108. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-95 Cassella, M. D., Sidener, T. M., Sidener, D. W., & Progar, P. R. (2011). Response interruption and redirection for vocal stereotypy in children with autism: A systematic replication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(1), 169-173. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-169
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Duker, P. C., & Schappveld, M. (1996). Increasing on-task behaviour through interruption-prompting. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 40, 291-297. Lang, R., OReilly, M., Sigafoos, J., Lancioni, G. E., Machalicek, W., Rispoli, M., & White, P. (2009). Enhancing the effectiveness of a play intervention by abolishing the reinforcing value of stereotypy: A pilot study. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(4), 889-894. doi:10.1901/jaba.2009.42-889 Lang, R., OReilly, M., Sigafoos, J., Machalicek, W., Rispoli, M., Lancioni, G. E., ... Fragale, C. (2010). The effects of an abolishing operation intervention component on play skills, challenging behavior, and stereotypy. Behavior Modication, 34(4), 267-289. doi: 10.1177/0145445510370713 LiuGitz, L., & Banda, D. R. (2010). A replication of the RIRD strategy to decrease vocal stereotypy in a student with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 25(1), 77-87. Magnusson, A. F., & Gould, D. D. (2007). Reduction of automaticallymaintained selfinjury using contingent equipment removal. Behavioral Interventions, 22(1), 57-68. doi: 10.1002/bin.231 Miguel, C. F., Clark, K., Tereshko, L., & Ahearn, W. H. (2009). The effects of response interruption and redirection and sertraline on vocal stereotypy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(4), 883-888. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-883 Rapp, J. T., Vollmer, T. R., & Hovanetz, A. N. (2006). Evaluation and treatment of swimming pool avoidance exhibited by an adolescent girl with autism. Behavior Therapy, 36(1), 101-105. doi: 10.1016/S00057894(05)80058-9
RESPONSE INTERRUPTION/REDIRECTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Boyd, B., & Wong, C. (2013). Response interruption/redirection (RIR) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Neitzel, J. (2009). Overview of response interruption/redirection. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Scripting Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Scripting (SC) involves presenting learners with a verbal and/or written description about a specic skill or situation that serves as a model for the learner. The main rationale of SC is to help learners anticipate what may occur during a given activity and improve their ability to appropriately participate in the activity. SC are practiced repeatedly before the skill is used in the actual situation. When learners are able to use the scripts successfully in actual situations, the script should be systematically faded. SC is often used in conjunction with modeling, prompting, and reinforcement.
Qualifying Evidence
SC meets evidence-based criteria with 1 group design and 8 single case design studies.
Ages
Outcomes
SC can be used effectively to address social, communication, joint attention, play, cognitive, school-readiness, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Brown, J. L., Krantz, P. J., McClannahan, L. E., & Poulson, C. L. (2008). Using script fading to promote natural environment stimulus control of verbal interactions among youths with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2(3), 480-497. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.08.006 Charlop-Christy, M. H., & Kelso, S. E. (2003). Teaching children with autism conversational speech using a cue card/written script program. Education and Treatment of Children, 26(2), 108-127. Dotto-Fojut, K. M., Reeve, K. F., Townsend, D. B., & Progar, P. R. (2011). Teaching adolescents with autism to describe a problem and request assistance during simulated vocational tasks. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(2), 826-833. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.09.012 Ganz, J. B., Kaylor, M., Bourgeois, B., & Hadden, K. (2008). The impact of social scripts and visual cues on verbal communication in three children with autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 23(2), 79-94. doi: 10.1177/1088357607311447 Goldsmith, T. R., LeBlanc, L. A., & Sautter, R. A. (2007). Teaching intraverbal behavior to children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1(1), 1-13. Krantz, P. J., & McClannahan, L. E. (1993). Teaching children with autism to initiate to peers: Effects of a script-fading procedure. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26(1), 121-132.
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MacDuff, J. L., Ledo, R., McClannahan, L. E., & Krantz, P. J. (2007). Using scripts and script-fading procedures to promote bids for joint attention by young children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1(4), 281-290. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.11.003 Murdock, L. C., & Hobbs, J. Q. (2011). Picture me playing: increasing pretend play dialogue of children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(7), 870-878. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1108-6 Stevenson, C. L., Krantz, P. J., & McClannahan, L. E. (2000). Social interaction skills for children with autism: A script-fading procedure for nonreaders. Behavioral Interventions, 15(1), 1-20. doi: 10.1002/ (SICI)1099-078X(200001/03)15:1<1::AID-BIN41>3.0.CO;2-V
SCRIPTING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fleury, V. P. (2013). Scripting (SC) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Self-Management Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Self-management (SM) is an intervention package that teaches learners to independently regulate their own behavior. Self-management involves teaching learners to discriminate between appropriate and inappropriate behaviors, accurately monitor and record their own behaviors, and reinforce themselves for behaving appropriately. Although learners may initially require adult support to accurately record behaviors and provide self-reinforcement, this support is faded over time. Self-management is often used in conjunction with other evidence-based practices including modeling, video modeling, and visual supports.
Qualifying Evidence
SM meets evidence-based criteria with 10 single case design studies.

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Outcomes
SM can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, play, school-readiness, academic, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Ganz, J. B., & Sigafoos, J. (2005). Self-monitoring: Are young adults with MR and autism able to utilize cognitive strategies independently? Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 40(1), 24-33. Kern, L., Marder, T. J., Boyajian, A. E., Elliot, C. M., & McElhattan, D. (1997). Augmenting the independence of self-management procedures by teaching self-initiation across settings and activities. School Psychology Quarterly, 12(1), 23-32. doi: 10.1037/h0088944 Koegel, L. K., Koegel, R. L., Hurley, C., & Frea, W. D. (1992). Improving social skills and disruptive behavior in children with autism through selfmanagement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25(2), 341353. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1992.25-341 Koegel, R. L., & Koegel, L. K. (1990). Extended reductions in stereotypic behavior of students with autism through a selfmanagement treatment package. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23(1), 119-127. doi:10.1901/jaba.1990.23-119 Loftin, R. L., Odom, S. L., & Lantz, J. F. (2008). Social interaction and repetitive motor behaviors. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(6), 1124-1135. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0499-5
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Mancina, C., Tankersley, M., Kamps, D., Kravits, T., & Parrett, J. (2000). Brief report: Reduction of inappropriate vocalizations for a child with autism using a self-management treatment program. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(6), 599-606. doi: 10.1023/A:1005695512163 Moore, T. R. (2009). A brief report on the effects of a self-management treatment package on stereotypic behavior. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3(3), 695-701. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd2009.01.010 Newman, B. (1995). Self-management of schedule following in three teenagers with autism. Behavioral Disorders, 20(3), 190-96. Shogren, K. A., Lang, R., Machalicek, W., Rispoli, M. J., & OReilly, M. (2011). Self- versus teacher management of behavior for elementary school students with Asperger syndrome: Impact on classroom behavior. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 13(2), 87-96. doi: 10.1177/1098300710384508 Stahmer, A. C., & Schreibman, L. (1992). Teaching children with autism appropriate play in unsupervised environments using a selfmanagement treatment package. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25(2), 447-459. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1992.25-447
SELf-MaNaGEMENT FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Brock, M. E. (2013). Self-management (SM) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Neitzel, J., & Busick, M. (2009). Overview of self-management. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Social Narratives Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Social narratives (SN) are interventions that describe social situations in some detail by highlighting relevant cues and offering examples of appropriate responding. They are aimed at helping learners adjust to changes in routine and adapt their behaviors based on the social and physical cues of a situation, or to teach specic social skills or behaviors. Social narratives are individualized according to learner needs and typically are quite short, perhaps including pictures or other visual aids. Usually written in rst person from the perspective of the learner, social narratives include sentences that detail the situation, provide suggestions for appropriate learner responses, and describe the thoughts and feelings of other people involved in the situation.
Qualifying Evidence
SN meets evidence-based criteria with 17 single case design studies.

Ages
Outcomes
SN can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, school-readiness, academic, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Barry, L. M., & Burlew, S. B. (2004). Using social stories to teach choice and play skills to children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 19(1), 45-51. doi: 10.1177/10883576040190010601 Bock, M. A. (2007). The impact of social-behavioral learning strategy training on the social interaction skills of four students with Asperger syndrome. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 22(2), 88-95. doi: 10.1177/10883576070220020901 Campbell, A., & Tincani, M. (2011). The power card strategy: Strength-based intervention to increase direction following of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 13(4), 240-249. doi: 10.1177/1098300711400608 Chan, J. M., & OReilly, M. F. (2008). A Social Stories intervention package for students with autism in inclusive classroom settings. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(3), 405-409. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-405
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Chan, J. M., OReilly, M. F., Lang, R. B., Boutot, E. A., White, P. J., Pierce, N., & Baker, S. (2011). Evaluation of a Social Stories intervention implemented by pre-service teachers for students with autism in general education settings. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(2), 715-721. doi: 10.1016/j. rasd.2010.08.005 Delano, M., & Snell, M. E. (2006). The effects of social stories on the social engagement of children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 8(1), 29-42. doi: 10.1177/10983007060080010501 Dodd, S., Hupp, S. D., Jewell, J. D., & Krohn, E. (2008). Using parents and siblings during a social story intervention for two children diagnosed with PDD-NOS. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 20(3), 217-229. doi: 10.1007/s10882-007-9090-4 Hung, L. C., & Smith, C. S. (2011). Autism in Taiwan: Using Social Stories to decrease disruptive behaviour. The British Journal of Development Disabilities, 57(112), 71-80. doi: 10.1179/096979511798967197 Ivey, M. L., Hein, L. J., & Alberto, P. (2004). The use of social stories to promote independent behaviors in novel events for children with PDD-NOS. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 19(3), 164-176. doi: 10.1177/10883576040190030401 Kuttler, S., Myles, B. S., & Carlson, J. K. (1998). The use of social stories to reduce precursors to tantrum behavior in a student with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 13(3), 176-182. doi: 10.1177/108835769801300306 Lorimer, P. A., Simpson, R. L., Myles, B. S., & Ganz, J. B. (2002). The use of social stories as a preventative behavioral intervention in a home setting with a child with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 4(1), 53-60. doi: 10.1177/109830070200400109 Mancil, G. R., Haydon, T., & Whitby, P. (2009). Differentiated effects of paper and computer-assisted Social Stories on inappropriate behavior in children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 24(4), 205-215. doi: 10.1177/1088357609347324 Ozdemir, S. (2008). The effectiveness of social stories on decreasing disruptive behaviors of children with autism: Three case studies. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(9), 1689-1696. doi: 10.1007/s10803-008-0551-0 Sansosti, F. J., & Powell-Smith, K. A. (2006). Using social stories to improve the social behavior of children with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 8(1), 43-57. Scattone, D. (2008). Enhancing the conversation skills of a boy with Aspergers disorder through Social Stories and video modeling. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(2), 395-400. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0392-2 Scattone, D., Wilczynski, S. M., Edwards, R. P., & Rabian, B. (2002). Decreasing disruptive behaviors of children with autism using social stories. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32(6), 535-543. doi: 10.1023/A:1021250813367 Schneider, N., & Goldstein, H. (2010). Using social stories and visual schedules to improve socially appropriate behaviors in children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 12(3), 149-160. doi: 10.1177/1098300709334198
SOCIaL NaRRaTIVES FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Wong, C. (2013). Social narratives (SN) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Collet-Klingenberg, L., & Franzone, E. (2008). Overview of social narratives. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Social Skills Training Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Social skills training (SST) involves group or individual instruction designed to teach learners to appropriately interact with typically developing peers. Most social skills meetings include instruction on basic concepts, role-playing or practice, and feedback to help learners acquire and practice communication, play, or social skills to promote positive interactions with peers.
Qualifying Evidence
SST meets evidence-based criteria with 7 group design and 8 single case design studies.
Ages
Outcomes
SST can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, play, and cognitive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Belchic, J. K., & Harris, S. L. (1994). The use of multiple peer exemplars to enhance the generalization of play skills to the siblings of children with autism. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 16(2), 1-25. doi: 10.1300/J019v16n02_01 Chin, H. Y., & Bernard-Opitz, V. (2000). Teaching conversational skills to children with autism: Effect on the development of a theory of mind. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(6), 569-583. doi: 10.1023/A:1005639427185 Feng, H., Lo, Y. Y., Tsai, S., & Cartledge, G. (2008). The effects of theory-of-mind and social skill training on the social competence of a sixth-grade student with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 10(4), 228-242. doi: 10.1177/1098300708319906 Gonzalez-Lopez, A., & Kamps, D. M. (1997). Social skills training to increase social interactions between children with autism and their typical peers. Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities, 12(1), 2-14. doi: 10.1177/108835769701200101 Koenig, K., White, S. W., Pachler, M., Lau, M., Lewis, M., Klin, A., & Scahill, L. (2010). Promoting social skill development in children with pervasive developmental disorders: A feasibility and efcacy study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(10), 1209-1218. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-0979-x Kroeger, K. A., Schultz, J. R., & Newsom, C. (2007). A comparison of two group-delivered social skills programs for young children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(5), 808-817. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0207-x Laugeson, E. A., Frankel, F., Mogil, C., & Dillon, A. R. (2009). Parent-assisted social skills training to improve friendships in teens with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(4), 596-606. doi: 10.1007/s10803-008-0664-5
Laushey, K. M., Hein, L. J., Shippen, M., Alberto, P. A., & Fredrick, L. (2009). Concept mastery routines to teach social skills to elementary children with high functioning autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(10), 1435-1448. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0757-9 Leaf, J. B., Taubman, M., Bloomeld, S., Palos-Rafuse, L., Leaf, R., McEachin, J., & Oppenheim, M. L. (2009). Increasing social skills and pro-social behavior for three children diagnosed with autism through the use of a teaching package. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3(1), 275-289. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.07.003 Lopata, C., Thomeer, M. L., Volker, M. A., Toomey, J. A., Nida, R. E., Lee, G. K., ... Rodgers, J. D. (2010). RCT of a manualized social treatment for high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(11), 1297-1310. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-0989-8 Owens, G., Granader, Y., Humphrey, A., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2008). LEGO therapy and the social use of language programme: An evaluation of two social skills interventions for children with high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(10), 1944-1957. doi: 10.1007/s10803-008-0590-6 Ozonoff, S., & Miller, J. N. (1995). Teaching theory of mind: A new approach to social skills training for individuals with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25(4), 415-433. doi: 10.1007/BF02179376 Palmen, A., Didden, R., & Arts, M. (2008). Improving question asking in high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: Effectiveness of small-group training. Autism, 12(1), 83-98. doi: 10.1177/1362361307085265 Ryan, C., & Charragin, C. N. (2010). Teaching emotion recognition skills to children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(12), 1505-1511. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1009-8 Yang, N. K., Schaller, J. L., Huang, T. A., Wang, M. H., & Tsai, S. F. (2003). Enhancing appropriate social behaviors for children with autism in general education classrooms: An analysis of six cases. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 38(4), 405-416.
SOCIaL SKILLS TRaINING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fettig, A. (2013). Social skills training (SST) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Collet-Klingenberg, L. (2009). Overview of social skills groups. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Structured Play Groups Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Structured play groups (SPG) are interventions using small groups to teach a broad range of outcomes. SPG activities are characterized by their occurrences in a dened area and with a dened activity, specic selection of typically developing peers to be in the group, clear delineation of theme and roles by adult leading the, and prompting or scaffolding as needed to support the students performance related to the goals of the activity.
Qualifying Evidence
SPG meets evidence-based criteria with 2 group design and 2 single case design studies.
Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for elementary school-age learners (6-11 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
SPG can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, play, school-readiness, and academic skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Legoff, D. B., & Sherman, M. (2006). Long-term outcome of social skills intervention based on interactive LEGO play. Autism, 10(4), 317-329. doi: 10.1177/1362361306064403 Loftin, R. L., Odom, S. L., & Lantz, J. F. (2008). Social interaction and repetitive motor behaviors. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(6), 1124-1135. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0499-5 Owens, G., Granader, Y., Humphrey, A., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2008). LEGO therapy and the social use of language programme: An evaluation of two social skills interventions for children with high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(10), 1944-1957. doi: 10.1007/s10803-008-0590-6 Wolfberg, P. J., & Schuler, A. L. (1993). Integrated play groups: A model for promoting the social and cognitive dimensions of play in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 23(3), 467-489. doi: 10.1007/BF01046051
STRUCTURED PLaY GROUPS FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Odom, S. L. (2013). Structured play groups (SPG) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Task Analysis Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Task analysis (TA) involves breaking a complex or chained behavioral skill into smaller components in order to teach a skill. The learner can be taught to perform individual steps of the chain until the entire skill is mastered (also called chaining). Other practices, such as reinforcement, video modeling, or time delay, should be used to facilitate learning of the smaller steps. As the smaller steps are mastered, the learner becomes more and more independent in his/her ability to perform the larger skill.
Qualifying Evidence
TA meets evidence-based criteria with 8 single case design studies.

Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for preschoolers (age 35 years) to middle school-age learners (1214 years) with ASD.
Outcomes
TA can be used effectively to address social, communication, joint attention, academic, motor, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Browder, D. M., Trela, K., & Jimenez, B. (2007). Training teachers to follow a task analysis to engage middle school students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities in grade-appropriate literature. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 22(4), 206-219. doi: 10.1177/10883576070220040301 Martins, M. P., & Harris, S. L. (2006). Teaching children with autism to respond to joint attention initiations. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 28(1), 51-68. doi: 10.1300/J019v28n01_04 Morse, T. E., & Schuster, J. W. (2000). Teaching elementary students with moderate intellectual disabilities how to shop for groceries. Exceptional Children, 66(2), 273-288. Parker, D., & Kamps, D. (2011). Effects of task analysis and self-monitoring for children with autism in multiple social settings. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 26(3), 131-142. doi: 10.1177/1088357610376945 Tarbox, J., Madrid, W., Aguilar, B., Jacobo, W., & Schiff, A. (2009). Use of chaining to increase complexity of echoics in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(4), 901-906. doi:10.1901/jaba.2009.42-901 Tekin-Iftar, E., & Birkan, B. (2010). Small group instruction for students with autism: General case training and observational learning. The Journal of Special Education, 44(1), 50-63. doi: 10.1177/0022466908325219
Ylmaz, I., Birkan, B., Konukman, F., & Erkan, M. (2005). Using a constant time delay procedure to teach aquatic play skills to children with autism. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 40(2), 171-182. Ylmaz, I., Konukman, F., Birkan, B., Ozen, A., Yanardag, M., & Camursoy, I. (2010). Effects of constant time delay procedure on the Halliwicks method of swimming rotation skills for children with autism. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 45, 124-135.
TaSK aNaLYSIS FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fleury, V. P. (2013). Task analysis (TA) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Franzone, E. (2009). Overview of task analysis. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Technology-Aided Instruction and Intervention Fact Sheet

Brief Description
Technology-aided instruction and intervention (TAII) are those in which technology is the central feature of an intervention that supports the goal or outcome for the student. Technology is dened as any electronic item/equipment/application/or virtual network that is used intentionally to increase/maintain, and/or improve daily living, work/productivity, and recreation/leisure capabilities of adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (Odom, Thompson, et al., 2013). TAII incorporates a broad range of devices, such as speech-generating devices, smart phones, tables, computed-assisted instructional programs, and virtual networks. The common features of these interventions are the technology itself (as noted) and instructional procedures for learning to use the technology or supporting its use in appropriate contexts.
Qualifying Evidence
TAII meets evidence-based criteria with 9 group design and 11 single case design studies.
Ages
Outcomes
TAII can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, cognitive, school-readiness, academic, motor, adaptive, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Beaumont, R., & Sofronoff, K. (2008). A multicomponent social skills intervention for children with Asperger syndrome: The Junior Detective Training Program. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(7), 743-753. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01920.x Choi, H., OReilly, M., Sigafoos, J., & Lancioni, G. (2010). Teaching requesting and rejecting sequences to four children with developmental disabilities using augmentative and alternative communication. Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31(2), 560-567. doi: 10.1016/j. rasd.2010.08.005 Cihak, D. F., Wright, R., & Ayres, K. M. (2010). Use of self-modeling static-picture prompts via a handheld computer to facilitate self-monitoring in the general education classroom. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 45(1), 136-149. Faja, S., Aylward, E., Bernier, R., & Dawson, G. (2007). Becoming a face expert: A computerized face-training program for high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Developmental Neuropsychology, 33(1), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/87565640701729573
Golan, O., Ashwin, E., Granader, Y., McClintock, S., Day, K., Leggett, V., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2010). Enhancing emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum conditions: An intervention using animated vehicles with real emotional faces. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(3), 269-279. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0862-9 Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2006). Systemizing empathy: Teaching adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism to recognize complex emotions using interactive multimedia. Development and Psychopathology, 18(2), 591-617. doi: 10.1017/S0954579406060305 Hopkins, I. M., Gower, M. W., Perez, T. A., Smith, D. S., Amthor, F. R., Wimsatt, F. C., & Biasini, F. J. (2011). Avatar assistant: Improving social skills in students with an ASD through a computer-based intervention. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(11), 1543-1555. doi: 10.1007/s10803-011-1179-z Kagohara, D. M., van der Meer, L., Achmadi, D., Green, V. A., OReilly, M. F., Mulloy, A., ... & Sigafoos, J. (2010). Behavioral intervention promotes successful use of an iPod-based communication device by an adolescent with autism. Clinical Case Studies, 9(5), 328-338. doi: 10.1177/1534650110379633 Kodak, T., Fisher, W. W., Clements, A., & Bouxsein, K. J. (2011). Effects of computer-assisted instruction on correct responding and procedural integrity during early intensive behavioral intervention. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 640-647. Mechling, L. C., Gast, D. L., & Cronin, B. A. (2006). The effects of presenting high-preference items, paired with choice, via computer-based video programming on task completion of students with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 21(1), 7-13. doi: 10.1177/10883576060210010201 Mechling, L. C., Gast, D. L., & Seid, N. H. (2009). Using a personal digital assistant to increase independent task completion by students with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(10), 1420-1434. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0761-0 Mechling, L. C., & Savidge, E. J. (2011). Using a personal digital assistant to increase completion of novel tasks and independent transitioning by students with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(6), 687-704. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1088-6 Mineo, B. A., Ziegler, W., Gill, S., & Salkin, D. (2009). Engagement with electronic screen media among students with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(1), 172187. doi: 10.1007/s10803-008-0616-0 Moore, M., & Calvert, S. (2000). Brief report: Vocabulary acquisition for children with autism: Teacher or computer instruction. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(4), 359-362. doi: 10.1023/A:1005535602064 Myles, B. S., Ferguson, H., & Hagiwara, T. (2007). Using a personal digital assistant to improve the recording of homework assignments by an adolescent with Asperger syndrome. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 22(2), 96-99. doi: 10.1177/10883576070220021001 Richter, S. & Test, D. (2011). Effects of multimedia social stories on knowledge of adult outcomes and opportunities among transition-aged youth with signicant cognitive disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(3), 410-424. Silver, M., & Oakes, P. (2001). Evaluation of a new computer intervention to teach people with autism or Asperger syndrome to recognize and predict emotions in others. Autism, 5(3), 299-316. doi: 10.1177/1362361301005003007 Soares, D. A., Vannest, K. J., & Harrison, J. (2009). Computer aided selfmonitoring to increase academic production and reduce selfinjurious behavior in a child with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 24(3), 171-183.
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Stromer, R., Mackay, H. A., Howell, S. R., McVay, A. A., & Flusser, D. (1996). Teaching computer-based spelling to individuals with developmental and hearing disabilities: Transfer of stimulum control to writing tasks. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29(1), 25-42. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-25 Whalen, C., Moss, D., Ilan, A. B., Vaupel, M., Fielding, P., Macdonald, K., ... Symon, J. (2010). Efcacy of TeachTown: Basics computer-assisted intervention for the intensive comprehensive autism program in Los Angeles unied school district. Autism, 14(3), 179-197. doi: 10.1177/1362361310363282
TECHNOLOGY-AIDED INSTRUCTION aND INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Odom, S. L. (2013). Technology-aided instruction and intervention (TAII) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Time Delay Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Time delay (TD) is a practice used to systematically fade the use of prompts during instructional activities. With this procedure, a brief delay is provided between the initial instruction and any additional instructions or prompts. The evidence-based research focuses on two types of time delay procedures: progressive and constant. With progressive time delay, the adult gradually increases the waiting time between an instruction and any prompts that might be used to elicit a response from a learner with ASD. For example, a teacher provides a prompt immediately after an instruction when a learner with ASD is initially learning a skill. As the learner becomes more procient at using the skill, the teacher gradually increases the waiting time between the instruction and the prompt. In constant time delay, a xed amount of time is always used between the instruction and the prompt as the learner becomes more procient at using the new skill. Time delay is always used in conjunction with a prompting procedure (e.g., least-to-most prompting, simultaneous prompting, graduated guidance).
Qualifying Evidence
TD meets evidence-based criteria with 12 single case design studies.

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Outcomes
TD can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, cognitive, school-readiness, academic, motor, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Collins, B. C., Hager, K. L., & Creech Galloway, C. (2011). Addition of functional content during core content instruction with students with moderate disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(1), 22-39. Ingenmey, R., & Houten, R. (1991). Using time delay to promote spontaneous speech in an autistic child. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24(3), 591-596. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1991.24-591 Ingvarsson, E. T., & Hollobaugh, T. (2010). Acquisition of intraverbal behavior: Teaching children with autism to mand for answers to questions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43(1), 1-17. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-1
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Leung, J. P. (1994). Teaching spontaneous requests to children with autism using a time delay procedure with multi-component toys. Journal of Behavioral Education, 4(1), 21-31. doi: 10.1007/BF01560506 Leung, J. P., & Chan, O. T. (1993). Teaching spontaneous verbal requests to Chinese children with autism using a time delay procedure. Bulletin of the Hong Kong Psychological Society. Liber, D. B., Frea, W. D., & Symon, J. B. (2008). Using time-delay to improve social play skills with peers for children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(2), 312-323. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0395-z Matson, J. L., Sevin, J. A., Fridley, D., & Love, S. R. (1990). Increasing spontaneous language in three autistic children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23(2), 227-233. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1990.23-227 Miller, C., Collins, B. C., & Hemmeter, M. L. (2002). Using a naturalistic time delay procedure to teach nonverbal adolescents with moderate-to-severe mental disabilities to initiate manual signs. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 14(3), 247-261. doi: 10.1023/A:1016072321661 Reichow, B., & Wolery, M. (2011). Comparison of progressive prompt delay with and without instructive feedback. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(2), 327-340. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-327 Rogers, L., Hemmeter, M. L., & Wolery, M. (2010). Using a constant time delay procedure to teach foundational swimming skills to children with autism. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 30(2), 102-111. doi: 10.1177/0271121410369708 Taylor, B. A., & Harris, S. L. (1995). Teaching children with autism to seek informationacquisition of novel information and generalization of responding. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28(1), 3-14. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1995.28-3 Venn, M. L., Wolery, M., Werts, M. G., Morris, A., DeCesare, L. D., & Cuffs, M. S. (1993). Embedding instruction in art activities to teach preschoolers with disabilities to imitate their peers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 8(3), 277-294. doi: 10.1016/S0885-2006(05)80068-7
TIME DELaY FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Fleury, V. P. (2013). Time delay (TD) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Neitzel, J. (2009). Overview of time delay. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Video Modeling Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Video modeling (VM) is a method of instruction that uses video recording and display equipment to provide a visual model of the targeted behavior or skill. The model is shown to the learner, who then has an opportunity to perform the target behavior, either in the moment or at a later point in time. Types of video modeling include basic video modeling, video self-modeling, point-of-view video modeling, and video prompting. Basic video modeling is the most common and involves recording someone besides the learner engaging in the target behavior or skill. Video self-modeling is used to record the learner displaying the target skill or behavior and may involve editing to remove adult prompts. Point-of-view video modeling is when the target behavior or skill is recorded from the perspective of what the learner will see when he or she performs the response. Video prompting involves breaking the behavior into steps and recording each step with incorporated pauses during which the learner may view and then attempt a step before viewing and attempting subsequent steps. Video prompting can be implemented with other, self, or pointof-view models. Video modeling strategies have been used in isolation and also in conjunction with other intervention components such as prompting and reinforcement strategies.
Qualifying Evidence
VM meets evidence-based criteria with 1 group design and 31 single case design studies.
Ages
According to the evidence-based studies, this intervention has been effective for toddlers (0-2 years) to young adults (1922) years with ASD.
Outcomes
VM can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, joint attention, play, cognitive, school-readiness, academic, motor, adaptive, and vocational skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Akmanoglu, N., & Tekin-Iftar, E. (2011). Teaching children with autism how to respond to the lures of strangers. Autism, 15(2), 205-222. doi: 10.1177/1362361309352180 Allen, K. D., Wallace, D. P., Greene, D. J., Bowen, S. L., & Burke, R. V. (2010). Community-based vocational instruction using videotaped modeling for young adults with autism spectrum disorders performing in air-inated mascots. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 25(3), 186-192. doi: 10.1177/1088357610377318
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Apple, A. L., Billingsley, F., Schwartz, I. S., & Carr, E. G. (2005). Effects of video modeling alone and with self-management on compliment-giving behaviors of children with high-functioning ASD. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 7(1), 33-46. doi: 10.1177/10983007050070010401 Buggey, T., Hoomes, G., Sherberger, M. E., & Williams, S. (2011). Facilitating social initiations of preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders using video self-modeling. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 26(1), 25-36. doi: 10.1177/1088357609344430 Buggey, T., Toombs, K., Gardener, P., & Cervetti, M. (1999). Training responding behaviors in students with autism using videotaped self-modeling. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 1(4), 205-214. doi: 10.1177/109830079900100403 Cannella-Malone, H. I., Fleming, C., Chung, Y. C., Wheeler, G. M., Basbagill, A. R., & Singh, A. H. (2011). Teaching daily living skills to seven individuals with severe intellectual disabilities: A comparison of video prompting to video modeling. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 13(3), 144-153. doi: 10.1177/1098300710366593 Charlop, M. H., Dennis, B., Carpenter, M. H., & Greenberg, A. L. (2010). Teaching socially expressive behaviors to children with autism through video modeling. Education and Treatment of Children, 33(3), 371-393. doi: 10.1353/etc.0.0104 Charlop-Christy, M. H., & Daneshvar, S. (2003). Using video modeling to teach perspective taking to children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 5(1), 12-21. doi: 10.1177/10983007030050010101 Charlop-Christy, M. H., Le, L., & Freeman, K. A. (2000). A comparison of video modeling with in vivo modeling for teaching children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(6), 537-552. doi: 10.1023/A:1005635326276 Cihak, D. F. (2011). Comparing pictorial and video modeling activity schedules during transitions for students with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 433-441. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.006 Cihak, D., Fahrenkrog, C., Ayres, K. M., & Smith, C. (2010). The use of video modeling via a video iPod and a system of least prompts to improve transitional behaviors for students with autism spectrum disorders in the general education classroom. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 12(2), 103-115. doi: 10.1177/1098300709332346 Coyle, C., & Cole, P. (2004). A videotaped self-modelling and self-monitoring treatment program to decrease off-task behaviour in children with autism. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 29(1), 3-16. doi: 10.1080/08927020410001662642 DAteno, P., Mangiapanello, K., & Taylor, B. A. (2003). Using video modeling to teach complex play sequences to a preschooler with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 5(1), 5-11. doi: 10.1177/10983007030050010801 Goodson, J., Sigafoos, J., OReilly, M., Cannella, H., & Lancioni, G. E. (2007). Evaluation of a video-based error correction procedure for teaching a domestic skill to individuals with developmental disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 28(5), 458-467. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2006.06.002 Haring, T. G., Breen, C. G., Weiner, J., Kennedy, C. H., & Bednersh, F. (1995). Using videotape modeling to facilitate generalized purchasing skills. Journal of Behavioral Education, 5(1), 29-53. doi: 10.1007/BF02110213 Hine, J. F., & Wolery, M. (2006). Using point-of-view video modeling to teach play to preschoolers with autism. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 26(2), 83-93. doi: 10.1177/02711214060260020301 Kleeberger, V., & Mirenda, P. (2010). Teaching generalized imitation skills to a preschooler with autism using video modeling. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 12(2), 116-127. doi: 10.1177/1098300708329279
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Kroeger, K. A., Schultz, J. R., & Newsom, C. (2007). A comparison of two group-delivered social skills programs for young children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(5), 808-817. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0207-x LeBlanc, L. A., Coates, A. M., Daneshvar, S., CharlopChristy, M. H., Morris, C., & Lancaster, B. M. (2003). Using video modeling and reinforcement to teach perspectivetaking skills to children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36(2), 253-257. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-253 Maione, L., & Mirenda, P. (2006). Effects of video modeling and video feedback on peer-directed social language skills of a child with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 8(2), 106-118. Marcus, A., & Wilder, D. A. (2009). A comparison of peer video modeling and self video modeling to teach textual responses in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(2), 335-341. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-335 MarzulloKerth, D., Reeve, S. A., Reeve, K. F., & Townsend, D. B. (2011). Using multipleexemplar training to teach a generalized repertoire of sharing to children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(2), 279-294. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-279 Nikopoulos, C. K., Canavan, C., & Nikopoulou-Smyrni, P. (2009). Generalized effects of video modeling on establishing instructional stimulus control in children with autism results of a preliminary study. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 11(4), 198-207. doi: 10.1177/1098300708325263 Nikopoulos, C. K., & Keenan, M. (2003). Promoting social initiation in children with autism using video modeling. Behavioral Interventions, 18(2), 87-108. doi: 10.1002/bin.129 Nikopoulos, C. K., & Keenan, M. (2004). Effects of video modeling on social initiations by children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37(1), 93-96. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-93 Nikopoulos, C. K., & Keenan, M. (2007). Using video modeling to teach complex social sequences to children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(4), 678-693. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0195-x Plavnick, J. B., & Ferreri, S. J. (2011). Establishing verbal repertoires in children with autism using function based video modeling. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(4), 747-766. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-747 Rayner, C. (2011). Teaching students with autism to tie a shoelace knot using video prompting and backward chaining. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 14(6), 339-347. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2011.606508 Reeve, S. A., Reeve, K. F., Townsend, D. B., & Poulson, C. L. (2007). Establishing a generalized repertoire of helping behavior in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(1), 123-136. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.11-05 Sherer, M., Pierce, K. L., Paredes, S., Kisacky, K. L., Ingersoll, B., & Schreibman, L. (2001). Enhancing conversation skills in children with autism via video technology: Which is better, self or other as a model? Behavior Modication, 25(1), 140-158. doi: 10.1177/0145445501251008 Taylor, B. A., Levin, L., & Jasper, S. (1999). Increasing play-related statements in children with autism toward their siblings: Effects of video modeling. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 11(3), 253-264. doi: 10.1023/A:1021800716392 Wert, B. Y., & Neisworth, J. T. (2003). Effects of video self-modeling on spontaneous requesting in children with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 5(1), 30-34.
VIDEO MODELING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Plavnick, J. B. (2013). Video modeling (VM) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Franzone, E., & Collet-Klingenberg, L. (2008). Overview of video modeling. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Visual Supports Fact Sheet
Brief Description
Visual supports (VS) are concrete cues that provide information about an activity, routine, or expectation and/or support skill demonstration. Visual supports can provide assistance across activity and setting, and can take on a number of forms and functions. These include but are not limited to: photographs, icons, drawings, written words, objects, environmental arrangement, schedules, graphic organizers, organizational systems, and scripts. Visual supports are commonly used to: 1) organize learning environments, 2) establish expectations around activities, routines, or behaviors (e.g., visual schedules, visual instructions, structured work systems, scripts, power cards), 3) provide cues or reminders (e.g., conversation and initiation cues, choice making supports, visual timers, nished box), and 4) provide preparation or instruction (e.g., video priming, video feedback).
Qualifying Evidence
Visual supports meet evidence-based criteria with 18 single case design studies.
Ages
Outcomes
Visual supports can be used effectively to address social, communication, behavior, play, cognitive, school-readiness, academic, motor, and adaptive skills.
Research Studies Poviding Evidence Angell, M. E., Nicholson, J. K., Watts, E. H., & Blum, C. (2011). Using a multicomponent adapted power card strategy to decrease latency during interactivity transitions for three children with developmental disabilities. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 26(4), 206-217. doi: 10.1177/1088357611421169 Betz, A., Higbee, T. S., & Reagon, K. A. (2008). Using joint activity schedules to promote peer engagement in preschoolers with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(2), 237-241. doi: 10.1901/ jaba.2008.41-237 Blum-Dimaya, A., Reeve, S. A., Reeve, K. F., & Hoch, H. (2010). Teaching children with autism to play a video game using activity schedules and game-embedded simultaneous video modeling. Education and Treatment of Children, 33(3), 351-370. doi: 10.1353/etc.0.0103
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Bock, M. A. (1999). Sorting laundry: Categorization strategy application to an authentic learning activity by children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 14(4), 220-230. doi: 10.1177/108835769901400404 Bryan, L. C., & Gast, D. L. (2000). Teaching on-task and on-schedule behaviors to high-functioning children with autism via picture activity schedules. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(6), 553-567. doi: 10.1023/A:1005687310346 Cale, S. I., Carr, E. G., Blakeley-Smith, A., & Owen-DeSchryver, J. S. (2009). Context-based assessment and intervention for problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Modication, 33(6), 707-742. doi: 10.1177/0145445509340775 Cihak, D. F. (2011). Comparing pictorial and video modeling activity schedules during transitions for students with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(1), 433-441. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.006 Hughes, C., Golas, M., Cosgriff, J., Brigham, N., Edwards, C., & Cashen, K. (2011). Effects of a social skills intervention among high school students with intellectual disabilities and autism and their general education peers. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 36(1-2), 46-61. doi: 10.2511/rpsd.36.1-2.46 Krantz, P. J., & McClannahan, L. E. (1998). Social interaction skills for children with autism: A script-fading procedure for beginning readers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31(2), 191-202. doi: 10.1901/ jaba.1998.31-191 MacDuff, G. S., Krantz, P. J., & McClannahan, L. E. (1993). Teaching children with autism to use photographic activity schedules: Maintenance and generalization of complex response chains. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26(1), 89-97. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-89 Matson, J. L., Sevin, J. A., Box, M. L., Francis, K. L., & Sevin, B. M. (1993). An evaluation of two methods for increasing self-initiated verbalizations in autistic children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26(3), 389-398. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-389 Morrison, R. S., Sainato, D. M., Benchaaban, D., & Endo, S. (2002). Increasing play skills of children with autism using activity schedules and correspondence training. Journal of early intervention, 25(1), 58-72. doi: 10.1177/105381510202500106 Murdock, L. C., & Hobbs, J. Q. (2011). Tell me what you did today: A visual cueing strategy for children with ASD. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 26(3), 162-172. doi: 10.1177/1088357611405191 OReilly, M., Sigafoos, J., Lancioni, G., Edrisinha, C., & Andrews, A. (2005). An examination of the effects of a classroom activity schedule on levels of self-injury and engagement for a child with severe autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35(3), 305-311. doi: 10.1007/s10803-005-3294-1 Peterson, L., McLaughlin, T. F., Weber, K. P., & Anderson, H. (2008). The effects of model, lead, and test technique with visual prompts paired with a fading procedure to teach where to a 13-year-old echolalic boy with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 20(1), 31-39. doi: 10.1007/s10882-007-9077-1 Stringeld, S. G., Luscre, D., & Gast, D. L. (2011). Effects of a story map on accelerated reader postreading test scores in students with high-functioning autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 26(4), 218-229. doi: 10.1177/1088357611423543 Thiemann, K. S., & Goldstein, H. (2004). Effects of peer training and written text cueing on social communication of school-age children with pervasive developmental disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47(1), 126-144. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2004/012)
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West, E. A. (2008). Effects of verbal cues versus pictorial cues on the transfer of stimulus control for children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 23(4), 229-241. doi: 10.1177/1088357608324715
VISUaL SUPPORTS FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION
Hume, K. (2013). Visual supports (VS) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Adapted from: Hume, K. (2008). Overview of visual supports. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic Criteria

National Standards Project (NSP)

Rationale for Current NPDC Review

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria for Studies in the Review

After eliminating duplicate articles retrieved from

Table 4. Reviewer Demographics

modules and had to establish inter-rater agreement with both types

Final Review Process

criteria for this review.

Figure 2. Study Designs

Figure 3. Ages of Participants in Studies

Table 8. Matrix of Evidence-Based Practices by Outcome and Age (years)

Other Practices with Some Support

Edelson et al. (1999)

Collaborative Coaching Cooperative Learning Groups Direct Instruction

Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Only one research group

Flores & Ganz (2007) Ganz & Flores (2009)

Handwriting Without Tears Independent Work Systems

Practice Joint Attention-Symbolic Play Instruction

Exclusion Only one research group

Music Intensity Music Therapy

Reciprocal Imitation Training

Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence Insufficient evidence

Rousseau, Krantz, Poulson, Kitson, & McClannahan (1994)

HE CURRENT REVIEW updates and extends the work on evidence-based, focused

Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors Discrete Trial Teaching

Social Skills Training

Time Delay Video Modeling Visual Support

Time Delay Video Modeling Visual Support

Idiosyncratic Behavioral Intervention Package

Other Practices with Empirical Support

Implications for Practice

Implications for Future Research

Appendix A Review Protocols

Appendix B Intervention Fact Sheets

Antecedent-Based Intervention Fact Sheet

ABI meets evidence-based criteria with 32 single case design studies.

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Fact Sheet

Differential Reinforcement of Alternative, Incompatible, or Other Behavior Fact Sheet

DRA/I/O meets evidence-based criteria with 26 single case design studies.

DIffERENTIaL REINfORCEMENT Of ALTERNaTIVE, INCOMPaTIbLE, OR OTHER BEHaVIOR FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Discrete Trial Teaching Fact Sheet

DTT meets evidence-based criteria with 13 single case design studies.

DISCRETE TRIaL TEaCHING FaCT SHEET SUGGESTED CITaTION

Exercise Fact Sheet

EXERCISE FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Extinction Fact Sheet

EXT meets evidence-based criteria with 11 single case design studies.

EXTINCTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Functional Behavior Assessment Fact Sheet

FBA meets evidence-based criteria with 10 single case design studies.

FUNCTIONaL BEHaVIOR ASSESSMENT FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Functional Communication Training Fact Sheet

FCT meets evidence-based criteria with 12 single case design studies.

FUNCTIONaL COMMUNICaTION TRaINING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Modeling Fact Sheet

MODELING FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Naturalistic Intervention Fact Sheet

NI meets evidence-based criteria with 10 single case design studies.

NaTURaLISTIC INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION

Parent-Implemented Intervention Fact Sheet

PaRENT-IMPLEMENTED INTERVENTION FaCT SHEETSUGGESTED CITaTION